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Copernican principle

Copernican principle proper noun: a principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance (in constrast to traditional views that the Earth or Sun are located in the center of the Universe).

Proper noun

Copernican principle

  1. A principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance (in constrast to traditional views that the Earth or Sun are located in the center of the Universe).

Origin of Copernican principle

Named after Nicolaus Copernicus by Austrian-British cosmologist Hermann Bondi in reference to his model of Copernican heliocentrism.

Words formed from Copernican principle

Questions about Copernican principle

What does Copernican principle mean?
Copernican principle means a principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance (in constrast to traditional views that the Earth or Sun are located in the center of the Universe).
What part of speech is Copernican principle?
Copernican principle is a proper noun.

Words near Copernican principle in the dictionary

  1. coperforming
  2. coperforms
  3. copering
  4. Copernican
  5. Copernican model
  6. Copernican principle
  7. Copernican Revolution
  8. Copernican system
  9. Copernican time principle
  10. Copernicanism
  11. Copernicanist

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