heliocentric

• heliocentrick (obsolete)

From helio- +‎ -centric.

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

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.

• heliocentrism

• 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)

• heteroclinic

Borrowed from French héliocentrique.

• IPA^(key): /he.li.oˈt͡ʃen.trik/

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

1. heliocentric

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