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geocentric

[ jee-oh-sen-trik ]

adjective

  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 earth:

    the geocentric position of the moon.



geocentric

/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

  1. having the earth at its centre

    the Ptolemaic system postulated a geocentric universe

  2. measured from or relating to the centre of the earth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


geocentric

/ jē′ō-sĕntrĭk /

  1. Relating to or measured from the Earth's center.
  2. Relating to a model of the solar system or universe having the Earth as the center.
  3. Compare heliocentric


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Derived Forms

  • ˌgeoˈcentrically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • geo·centri·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of geocentric1

First recorded in 1680–90; geo- + -centric
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Example Sentences

The universally adopted view of the structure of the universe was geocentric, of the world, anthropocentric.

In the picturing of this future life the medival geocentric idea still forms the chief feature.

Contrariwise, his unqualified acceptance of the geocentric doctrine sufficed to place that doctrine beyond the range of challenge.

After the geocentric illusion had been destroyed, the anthropocentric illusion still remained.

The degeneration theory has exploded as entirely as the geocentric and anthropocentric theories have vanished.

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