heliocentric

See also: heliocèntric

English

Alternative forms

• heliocentrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From helio- +‎ -centric.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhiːli.əʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
• (US) enPR: hē'lē-ō-sĕnʹtrĭk, IPA^(key): /ˌhiːlioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk

Adjective

heliocentric (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from 17th c.]

   Hypernym: astrocentric

   a heliocentric coordinate system

   a heliocentric orbit

   • 1685, J. Flamsteed, Philosophical Transactions, XV, p. 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 heliocentrism.

Derived terms

• heliocentrical
• heliocentrically
• heliocentricism

 

Related terms

• heliocentrism

Translations

having the sun at the center

Afrikaans: heliosentries Albanian: heliocentrik (sq) Arabic: شَمْسِيّ الْمَرْكَز (šamsiyy al-markaz) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Asturian: heliocéntricu Azerbaijani: heliosentrik Basque: heliozentriko Belarusian: геліяцэнтры́чны (hjelijacentrýčny) Bulgarian: хелиоцентри́чен (heliocentríčen) Catalan: heliocèntric Czech: heliocentrický Danish: heliocentrisk Dutch: heliocentrisch (nl) Esperanto: heliocentra Estonian: heliotsentriline Finnish: aurinkokeskinen, heliosentrinen (fi) French: héliocentrique (fr) Galician: heliocéntrico Georgian: ჰელიოცენტრული (heliocenṭruli) German: heliozentrisch (de) Greek: ηλιοκεντρικός (el) (iliokentrikós) Hebrew: הליוֹצֶנְטְרִי Hungarian: heliocentrikus (hu), napközpontú (hu) Ido: heliocentrala (io) Indonesian: heliosentris Interlingua: heliocentric Italian: eliocentrico (it) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: rojnavendî, rojmerkezî Latin: heliocentricus Latvian: heliocentrisks Lithuanian: heliocentrinis Luxembourgish: heliozentresch Macedonian: хелиоцентричен (heliocentričen) Maltese: eljoċentriku Norwegian: Bokmål: heliosentrisk Nynorsk: heliosentrisk Occitan: eliocentric Persian: خورشیدمرکزی (xoršid-markazi) Polish: heliocentryczny (pl) Portuguese: heliocêntrico (pt) Romanian: heliocentric (ro) Cyrillic: хелиочентрик (heliocentric) Russian: гелиоцентри́ческий (ru) (geliocentríčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хелиоцѐнтричан Roman: heliocèntričan (sh) Slovak: heliocentrický Slovene: heliocentričen Spanish: heliocéntrico (es) Swedish: heliocentrisk (sv) Tajik: хуршедмарказӣ (xuršedmarkazi) Turkish: Güneş merkezli Ukrainian: геліоцентри́чний (heliocentrýčnyj) Uzbek: geliotsentrik (uz) Welsh: heliosentrig Yiddish: העליאָצענטריש (helyotsentrish)

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

• heteroclinic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French héliocentrique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /he.li.oˈt͡ʃen.trik/

Adjective

heliocentric m or n (feminine singular heliocentrică, masculine plural heliocentrici, feminine and neuter plural heliocentrice)

1. heliocentric

Declension

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	heliocentric		heliocentrică	heliocentrici	heliocentrice
	definite	heliocentricul		heliocentrica	heliocentricii	heliocentricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	heliocentric		heliocentrice	heliocentrici	heliocentrice
	definite	heliocentricului		heliocentricei	heliocentricilor	heliocentricelor

Declension of heliocentric

Further reading

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