heliocentric
/ˌhiːlioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit.
adj
Of or relating to heliocentrism.
Example Sentences
- "a heliocentric coordinate system"
- "a heliocentric orbit"
- "To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick."
- "Apollyon, who, as god of the sun, has a certain stake in the matter, teaches the Prior the truth of what the Greeks, Pythagoras' disciples, knew many years before— the nature of the heliocentric (or pyrocentric) planetary system."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English heliocentric From helio- + -centric.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌhiːlioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
- British English: /ˌhiːli.əʊˈsɛntɹɪk/