Copernican system

noun

1. the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system

Example Sentences

The Copernican System was not recognized for more than a century.

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You mistake his essay on the "Copernican System" for blotting paper.

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