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geocentric

/ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/US/ˌd͡ʒioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/

geocentric adjective: having the Earth at the center.

Adjective

geocentric (not comparable)

  1. Having the Earth at the center.
    • a geocentric coordinate system
    • a geocentric orbit
  2. Of or relating to geocentrism, an obsolete cosmology which placed the Earth at the center of the universe.

geocentric meaning in Kannada, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

geocentric in Kannada

ಭೂಕೇಂದ್ರೀಯ

geocentric in Tagalog

having Earth at center
dutungain

geocentric in Arabic

having Earth at center
أَرْضِيّ الْمَرْكَز ʔarḍiyy al-markaz

geocentric in Indonesian

having Earth at center
geosentrik
More languagesFewer languages
geocentric in Persian
زمینمرکزی zamin-markazi

Forms of geocentric

alternative form (obsolete)geocentrick

Origin of geocentric

From geo- + -centric.

Words formed from geocentric

Phrases with geocentric

Words that rhyme with geocentric

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about geocentric

What does geocentric mean?
Geocentric means having the Earth at the center.
What is geocentric in Kannada?
Geocentric in Kannada is ಭೂಕೇಂದ್ರೀಯ. See Geocentric meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is geocentric?
Geocentric is an adjective.
How do you pronounce geocentric?
Geocentric is pronounced /ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ (UK).

Words near geocentric in the dictionary

  1. geocarpy
  2. geocaulosphere
  3. geocaulospheres
  4. geocell
  5. geocells
  6. geocentric
  7. Geocentric Co-ordinate Time
  8. Geocentric Coordinate Time
  9. geocentrical
  10. geocentrically
  11. geocentricism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geocentric (page history and authors); geocentric (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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