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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of radical or major importance;
- Example: "a Copernican revolution in modern art"

2. according to Copernicus;
- Example: "in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster] copesetic


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Copernican
    adj 1: of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution
           in modern art"
    2: according to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth
       and other planets revolve around the sun"