copernican Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of radical or major importance
    • a Copernican revolution in modern art
  2. adjective satellite according to Copernicus
    • in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun

WordNet


Co*per"ni*can adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.

Webster 1913