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heliocentric en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• hē'lē-ō-sĕnʹtrĭk (US)
• /ˌhiːlioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ (US)
• /ˌhiːli.əʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English heliocentric From helio- + -centric.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit.
   • a heliocentric orbit
   • a heliocentric coordinate system
   • Apollyon, who, as god of the sun, has a certain stake in the matter, teaches the Prior the truth of what the Greeks, Pythagoras' disciples, knew many years before— the nature of the heliocentric (or pyrocentric) planetary system. 1967, Gerald Cornelius Monsman, Pater's Portraits: Mythic Pattern in the Fiction of Walter Pater, pages 187–188:
   • To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick. 1685, J. Flamsteed, Philosophical Transactions, XV, p. 1217:
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to heliocentrism.

Forms

Deriveds

heliocentricity · heliocentrical · heliocentrically · heliocentricism

Hypernyms

astrocentric

Relateds

cytherocentric · areocentric · geocentric · zenocentric · uranocentric · heliocentrism · galactocentric · hermeocentric · cronocentric · selenocentric · astrocentric · planetocentric

Translations (57)

fi heliosentrinen (having the sun at the center) · uz geliotsentrik (having the sun at the center) · az heliosentrik (having the sun at the center) · gl heliocéntrico (having the sun at the center) · be геліяцэнтры́чны (having the sun at the center) · cs heliocentrický (having the sun at the center) · nn heliosentrisk (having the sun at the center) · cy heliosentrig (having the sun at the center) · pt heliocêntrico (having the sun at the center) · fa خورشیدمرکزی (having the sun at the center) · da heliocentrisk (having the sun at the center) · ro хелиочентрик (having the sun at the center) · mk хелиоцентричен (having the sun at the center) · ro heliocentric (having the sun at the center) · lb heliozentresch (having the sun at the center) · hu napközpontú (having the sun at the center) · sl heliocentričen (having the sun at the center) · lv heliocentrisks (having the sun at the center) · mt eljoċentriku (having the sun at the center) · pl heliocentryczny (having the sun at the center) · yi העליאָצענטריש (having the sun at the center) · nl heliocentrisch (having the sun at the center) · tg хуршедмарказӣ (having the sun at the center) · de heliozentrisch (having the sun at the center) · it eliocentrico (having the sun at the center) · fr héliocentrique (having the sun at the center) · nb heliosentrisk (having the sun at the center) · lt heliocentrinis (having the sun at the center) · ar شَمْسِيّ الْمَرْكَز (having the sun at the center) · kmr rojnavendî (having the sun at the center) · la heliocentricus (having the sun at the center) · et heliotsentriline (having the sun at the center) · id heliosentris (having the sun at the center) · af heliosentries (having the sun at the center) · sh хелиоцѐнтричан (having the sun at the center) · sq heliocentrik (having the sun at the center) · kmr rojmerkezî (having the sun at the center) · fi aurinkokeskinen (having the sun at the center) · ka ჰელიოცენტრული (having the sun at the center) · sk heliocentrický (having the sun at the center) · es heliocéntrico (having the sun at the center) · uk геліоцентри́чний (having the sun at the center) · sv heliocentrisk (having the sun at the center) · eo heliocentra (having the sun at the center) · oc eliocentric (having the sun at the center) · ast heliocéntricu (having the sun at the center) · tr Güneş merkezli (having the sun at the center) · ia heliocentric (having the sun at the center) · hu heliocentrikus (having the sun at the center) · eu heliozentriko (having the sun at the center) · bg хелиоцентри́чен (having the sun at the center) · io heliocentrala (having the sun at the center) · ru гелиоцентри́ческий (having the sun at the center) · ca heliocèntric (having the sun at the center) · he הליוֹצֶנְטְרִי (having the sun at the center) · sh heliocèntričan (having the sun at the center) · el ηλιοκεντρικός (having the sun at the center)