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copernicus
/kəˈpɝnəkəs/
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What does copernicus mean?
proper noun
- A surname in Latin, notably borne by Renaissance polymath Nicolaus Copernicus.
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IPA pronunciation
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Thus the system of Ptolemy was a step in astronomical progress, that of Copernicus was a revolution.
Over the whole of this, and in all directions, lay the luminous lines, all converging to the summit of Copernicus.
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But even after the discovery of the law of Copernicus the Ptolemaic worlds were still studied for a long time.
The preface of Osiander, pretending that the book of Copernicus suggested a hypothesis instead of announcing a truth, served its purpose well.
If the adherents of Copernicus had made the experiment they would have discovered that the stone does fall as the theory requires.