Copernican

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster] copesetic



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Copernican
       adj 1: of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution in
              modern art"
       2: according to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth
          and other planets revolve around the sun"