Definitions for copernicuskoʊˈpɜr nɪ kəs, kə-

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Co•per•ni•cuskoʊˈpɜr nɪ kəs, kə-(n.)

  1. Nicolaus (Mikołaj Kopernik), 1473–1543, Polish astronomer who promulgated the theory that the earth and the other planets move around the sun (the Coper′nican Sys`tem).

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Copernicus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Mikolaj Kopernik(noun)

    Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)

  2. Copernicus(noun)

    a conspicuous crater on the Moon


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