geocentric

English

Alternative forms

• geocentrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From geo- +‎ -centric.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk

Adjective

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.

   • 2024 September, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, “A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT₅ Captured by Earth from September to November”, in Research Notes of the AAS‎, American Astronomical Society, →DOI:

     Near-Earth objects (NEOs) that follow horseshoe paths, and approach our planet at close range and low relative velocity, may undergo mini-moon events in which their geocentric energy becomes negative for hours, days or months, but without completing one revolution around Earth while bound.

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

Derived terms

• geocentrical
• geocentrically
• Geocentric Coordinate Time
• geocentricism
• geocentricity

 

Related terms

• geocentrism

Translations

having Earth at center

Arabic: أَرْضِيّ الْمَرْكَز (ʔarḍiyy al-markaz) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: geocèntric Czech: geocentrický Danish: geocentrisk Dutch: geocentrisch (nl) Finnish: maakeskinen (fi), geosentrinen (fi) French: géocentrique (fr) m or f Galician: xeocéntrico Georgian: გეოცენტრული (geocenṭruli) German: geozentrisch (de) Greek: γεωκεντρικός (el) (geokentrikós) Hungarian: geocentrikus (hu), földközpontú Indonesian: geosentrik Italian: geocentrico (it) Persian: زمین‌مرکزی (zamin-markazi) Polish: geocentryczny (pl) Romanian: geocentric (ro) m Russian: гѐоцентри́ческий (ru) (gèocentríčeskij) Spanish: geocéntrico (es) Swedish: geocentrisk (sv) Tagalog: dutungain Tajik: заминмарказӣ (zaminmarkazi) Turkish: Yer merkezli

See also

• 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)

Anagrams

• egocentric

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.oˈt͡ʃen.trik/

Adjective

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

1. geocentric

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	geocentric		geocentrică		geocentrici	geocentrice
	definite	geocentricul		geocentrica		geocentricii	geocentricele
genitive- dative	indefinite	geocentric		geocentrice		geocentrici	geocentrice
	definite	geocentricului		geocentricei		geocentricilor	geocentricelor

Further reading

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