copernican revolution
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
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The transition in astronomy between geocentrism and heliocentrism that originated in Europe in the 16th century and a longer conflict about cosmology involving scientists and religious authorities that extended into the 19th century.
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An historical example of a paradigm shift in the philosophy of science.
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A radical intellectual upheaval or rupture.