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The theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: astronomy, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, sciences
Examples
- 1923, Felix Adler, "The Reconstruction of the Spiritual Ideal," American Ethical Union, 68. Geocentrism has been displaced by heliocentrism. Heliocentrism, in turn, the claim of the sun, surrounded by its satellites, to a sovereign place in the heavens, has become ridiculous in the face of the wilderness of suns that people the abysses beyond us.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heliocentricity
Antonyms: geocentrism
The phenomenon of the Earth revolving around the Sun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Shortened from heliocentricism, from heliocentric + -ism, from Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “sun”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”), equivalent to helio- + -centrism.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
heliosentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Albanian:
heliocentrizëm
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Armenian:
հելիոցենտրիզմ
(heliocʻentrizm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Asturian:
heliocentrismu
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Azerbaijani:
heliosentrizm
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Basque:
heliozentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Belarusian:
геліяцэнтры́зм
(hjelijacentrýzm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Bulgarian:
хелиоцентри́зъм
(heliocentrízǎm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Catalan:
heliocentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Chinese Mandarin:
日心說 /日心说
(rìxīnshuō)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Czech:
heliocentrismus
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Danish:
heliocentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Dutch:
heliocentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Esperanto:
heliocentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Estonian:
heliotsentrism
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Finnish:
aurinkokeskisyys
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Finnish:
heliosentrismi
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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French:
héliocentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Galician:
heliocentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Georgian:
ჰელიოცენტრიზმი
(heliocenṭrizmi)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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German:
Heliozentrismus
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Greek:
ηλιοκεντρισμός
(iliokentrismós)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Hungarian:
heliocentrizmus
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Ido:
heliocentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Indonesian:
heliosentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Interlingua:
heliocentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Italian:
eliocentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Japanese:
地動説
(chidō-setsu)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Japanese:
太陽中心説
(Taiyō chūshinsetsu)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Kazakh:
гелиоцентризм
(geliosentrizm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Kyrgyz:
гелиоцентризм
(geliotsentrizm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Latin:
heliocentrismus
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Latvian:
heliocentrisms
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Lithuanian:
heliocentrizmas
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Luxembourgish:
Heliozentrismus
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Macedonian:
хелиоцентризам
(heliocentrizam)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Maltese:
eljoċentriżmu
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Norwegian Bokmål:
heliosentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
heliosentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Occitan:
eliocentrisme
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Polish:
heliocentryzm
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Portuguese:
heliocentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Romanian:
heliocentrism
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Romanian:
хелиочентрисм
(heliocentrism)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Russian:
гелиоцентри́зм
(geliocentrízm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Serbo-Croatian:
хелиоцентрѝзам
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Serbo-Croatian:
heliocentrìzam
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Slovak:
heliocentrizmus
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Slovene:
heliocentrizem
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Spanish:
heliocentrismo
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Swedish:
heliocentrism
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Ukrainian:
геліоцентри́зм
(heliocentrýzm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Uzbek:
geliotsentrizm
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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Yiddish:
העליאָצענטריזם
(helyotsentrizm)
— the theory that the sun is the center of the universe