heliocentricism

[hee-lee-oh-sen-trik]

he·li·o·cen·tric

[hee-lee-oh-sen-trik]
adjective Astronomy.
1.
measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
2.
having or representing the sun as a center: the heliocentric concept of the universe.

Origin:
1660–70; helio- + -centric

he·li·o·cen·tri·cal·ly, adverb
he·li·o·cen·tric·i·ty [hee-lee-oh-sen-tris-i-tee] , he·li·o·cen·tri·cism [hee-lee-oh-sen-truh-siz-uhm] , noun
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Heliocentricism is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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heliocentric (ˌhiːlɪəʊˈsɛntrɪk)
 
adj
1.  having the sun at its centre
2.  measured from or in relation to the centre of the sun
 
helio'centrically
 
adv
 
heliocen'tricity
 
n
 
helio'centricism
 
n

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