Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Copernican"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Copernican
adj 1: of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution in
modern art" [syn: {Copernican}]
2: according to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth
and other planets revolve around the sun" [syn: {Copernican}]
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