geocentric

  • 1geocentric — GEOCÉNTRIC, Ă, geocentrici, ce, adj. Privitor la centrul Pământului; care are Pământul drept centru. ♢ Sistem geocentric = geocentrism. Mişcare geocentrică = mişcare aparentă a unui astru împrejurul Pământului, considerat ca centru. [pr.: ge o ]… …

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  • 2Geocentric — Ge o*cen tric, Geocentrical Ge o*cen tric*al, a. [Gr. ge a, gh^, the earth + ke ntron center: cf. F. g[ e]ocentrique.] (Astron.) (a) Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as, the geocentric theory of the universe; in relation to… …

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  • 3geocentric — 1680s, from GEO (Cf. geo ) + CENTRIC (Cf. centric). Related: Geocentrism (1882) …

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  • 4geocentric — [jē΄ō sen′trik] adj. [ GEO + CENTRIC] 1. measured or viewed as from the center of the earth 2. having or regarding the earth as a center: Also geocentrical geocentrically adv …

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  • 5geocentric — geocentrically, adv. /jee oh sen trik/, adj. 1. having or representing the earth as a center: a geocentric theory of the universe. 2. using the earth or earthly life as the only basis of evaluation. 3. viewed or measured as from the center of the …

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  • 6geocentric — ge•o•cen•tric [[t]ˌdʒi oʊˈsɛn trɪk[/t]] adj. 1) having or representing the earth as a center: a geocentric theory of the universe[/ex] 2) using the earth or earthly life as the only basis of evaluation 3) viewed or measured as from the center of… …

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  • 7geocentric — /dʒioʊˈsɛntrɪk / (say jeeoh sentrik) adjective 1. Astronomy as viewed or measured from the centre of the earth: the geocentric altitude of a star. 2. having or representing the earth as a centre: a geocentric theory of the universe. Also,… …

  • 8geocentric — adjective having the Earth as the central point, or measured from the centre of the Earth: Ptolemy s geocentric model of the universe …

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  • 9geocentric — adj. 1 considered as viewed from the centre of the earth. 2 having or representing the earth as the centre; not heliocentric. Phrases and idioms: geocentric latitude the latitude at which a planet would appear if viewed from the centre of the… …

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  • 10Geocentric latitude — Geocentric Ge o*cen tric, Geocentrical Ge o*cen tric*al, a. [Gr. ge a, gh^, the earth + ke ntron center: cf. F. g[ e]ocentrique.] (Astron.) (a) Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as, the geocentric theory of the universe; in… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English