Meanings
alternative obsolete heliocentrick
- not comparableastronomyHaving the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit.
a heliocentric orbit
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a heliocentric coordinate system
To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.
1685, J. Flamsteed, Philosophical Transactions, XV, p. 1217Apollyon, who, as god of the sun, has a certain stake in the matter, teaches the Prior the truth of what the Greeks, Pythagoras' disciples, knew many years before— the nature of the heliocentric (or pyrocentric) planetary system.
1967, Gerald Cornelius Monsman, Pater's Portraits: Mythic Pattern in the Fiction of Walter Pater, pages 187–188 - not comparableastronomyOf or relating to heliocentrism.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
- Proto-Indo-European*sh₂wél(i)yos
- Proto-Hellenic*hāwélios
- Ancient Greekἥλῐος (hḗlĭos)
- Englishhelio-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
- Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
- Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
- Ancient Greekκεντρικός (kentrikós)
- Englishheliocentric
Translations
Afrikaans heliosentries
- heliosentrieshaving the sun at the center
Arabic شَمْسِيّ الْمَرْكَز
- شَمْسِيّ الْمَرْكَز (šamsiyy al-markaz)having the sun at the center
Basque heliozentriko
- heliozentrikohaving the sun at the center
Bulgarian хелиоцентри́чен
- хелиоцентри́чен (heliocentríčen)having the sun at the center
Catalan heliocèntric
- heliocèntrichaving the sun at the center
Czech heliocentrický
- heliocentrickýhaving the sun at the center
Danish heliocentrisk
- heliocentriskhaving the sun at the center
Dutch heliocentrisch
- heliocentrischhaving the sun at the center
Esperanto heliocentra
- heliocentrahaving the sun at the center
Estonian heliotsentriline
- heliotsentrilinehaving the sun at the center
Finnish aurinkokeskinen, heliosentrinen
- aurinkokeskinenhaving the sun at the center
- heliosentrinenhaving the sun at the center
French héliocentrique
- héliocentriquehaving the sun at the center
German heliozentrisch
- heliozentrischhaving the sun at the center
Greek ηλιοκεντρικός
- ηλιοκεντρικός (iliokentrikós)having the sun at the center
Hebrew הליוֹצֶנְטְרִי
- הליוֹצֶנְטְרִיhaving the sun at the center
Hungarian heliocentrikus, napközpontú
- heliocentrikushaving the sun at the center
- napközpontúhaving the sun at the center
Indonesian heliosentris
- heliosentrishaving the sun at the center
Italian eliocentrico
- eliocentricohaving the sun at the center
Latin heliocentricus
- heliocentricushaving the sun at the center
Latvian heliocentrisks
- heliocentriskshaving the sun at the center
Lithuanian heliocentrinis
- heliocentrinishaving the sun at the center
Norwegian Bokmål heliosentrisk
- heliosentriskhaving the sun at the center
Persian خورشیدمرکزی
- خورشیدمرکزی (xoršid-markazi)having the sun at the center
Polish heliocentryczny
- heliocentrycznyhaving the sun at the center
Portuguese heliocêntrico
- heliocêntricohaving the sun at the center
Romanian heliocentric, хелиочентрик
- heliocentrichaving the sun at the center
- хелиочентрик (heliocentric)having the sun at the center
Russian гелиоцентри́ческий
- гелиоцентри́ческий (geliocentríčeskij)having the sun at the center
Slovak heliocentrický
- heliocentrickýhaving the sun at the center
Spanish heliocéntrico
- heliocéntricohaving the sun at the center
Swedish heliocentrisk
- heliocentriskhaving the sun at the center
Turkish Güneş merkezli
- Güneş merkezlihaving the sun at the center
Ukrainian геліоцентри́чний
- геліоцентри́чний (heliocentrýčnyj)having the sun at the center
Welsh heliosentrig
- heliosentrighaving the sun at the center
Yiddish העליאָצענטריש
- העליאָצענטריש (helyotsentrish)having the sun at the center
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
heliocentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliocentric
“heliocentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliocentric. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heliocentric,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliocentric.
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