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copernican
(encz) | Copernican,týkající se Koperníka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Copernican
(gcide) | Copernican \Co*per"ni*can\, a.
Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d.
1543), who taught the world the solar system now received,
called the Copernican system.
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copernican
(wn) | Copernican
adj 1: of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution
in modern art"
2: according to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth
and other planets revolve around the sun" |
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copernican
(encz) | Copernican,týkající se Koperníka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Copernican system
(gcide) | Pythagorean \Pyth`a*go"re*an\, a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born
about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy.
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The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is
the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical
and mathematical relations of things. --Encyc. Brit.
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Pythagorean proposition (Geom.), the theorem that the
square described upon the hypothenuse of a plane
right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares
described upon the other two sides.
Pythagorean system (Astron.), the commonly received system
of astronomy, first taught by Pythagoras, and afterward
revived by Copernicus, whence it is also called the
Copernican system.
Pythagorean letter. See Y.
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copernican
(wn) | Copernican
adj 1: of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution
in modern art"
2: according to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth
and other planets revolve around the sun" |
copernican system
(wn) | Copernican system
n 1: (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the
Earth rotates around the sun |
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