geocentric

• geocentrick (obsolete)

From geo- +‎ -centric.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk

geocentric (not comparable)

1. Having the Earth at the center.

   Hypernym: planetocentric

   a geocentric coordinate system

   a geocentric orbit

   • 1685, J. Flamsteed, Philosophical Transactions, volume XV, page 1217:

     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.

2. (cosmology) Of or relating to geocentrism, an obsolete cosmology which placed the Earth at the center of the universe.

• geocentrism

• heliocentric (the Sun), hermeocentric (Mercury), cytherocentric (Venus), geocentric (the Earth), selenocentric (the Moon), areocentric (Mars), zenocentric (Jupiter), cronocentric (Saturn), uranocentric (Uranus), poseidocentric (Neptune), hadeocentric (Pluto), planetocentric (a planet), astrocentric (a star), galactocentric (a galaxy)

• egocentric

Borrowed from French géocentrique. By surface analysis, geo- +‎ centric.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.oˈt͡ʃen.trik/

geocentric m or n (feminine singular geocentrică, masculine plural geocentrici, feminine and neuter plural geocentrice)

1. geocentric

• geocentric in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)