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adjective
- Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- of radical or major importance
A Copernican revolution in modern art.
source: WordNet 3.0
- according to Copernicus
In the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
source: WordNet 3.0