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English
Etymology
From geo- + -centric.
Pronunciation
Adjective
geocentric (not comparable)
- Having the Earth at the center.
- Hypernym: planetocentric
a geocentric coordinate system
a geocentric orbit
1685, J. Flamsteed, Philosophical Transactions, volume XV, page 1217: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.
- (cosmology) Of or relating to geocentrism, an obsolete cosmology which placed the Earth at the center of the universe.
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See also
- heliocentric (the Sun), hermeocentric (Mercury), cytherocentric (Venus), geocentric (the Earth), selenocentric (the Moon), areocentric (Mars), zenocentric (Jupiter), cronocentric (Saturn), uranocentric (Uranus), poseidocentric (Neptune), hadeocentric (Pluto), planetocentric (a planet), astrocentric (a star), galactocentric (a galaxy)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French géocentrique. By surface analysis, geo- + centric.
Pronunciation
Adjective
geocentric m or n (feminine singular geocentrică, masculine plural geocentrici, feminine and neuter plural geocentrice)
- geocentric
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