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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Copernican \Co*per"ni*can\, a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Copernican adj 1: of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution in modern art" [syn: {Copernican}] 2: according to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun" [syn: {Copernican}]
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