Contextualizebeta

heliocentrism

noun

Etymology

Shortened from heliocentricism, from heliocentric + -ism, from Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “sun”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”), equivalent to helio- + -centrism.

  1. derived from ἥλῐος — “sun”

Definitions

  1. The theory that the sun is the center of the universe.

    • It wasn't until the Renaissance that scientists such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei showed proof for heliocentrism, or the idea that the planets moved around the sun.

  2. The phenomenon of the Earth revolving around the Sun.

    • Heliocentrism is not yet universally known or accepted. In a 1999 poll, 18 of Americans said that the sun revolves around the Earth, while 79 percent said Earth revolves around the sun.

The neighborhood

Derived

geoheliocentrism

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heliocentrism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA