copernican

1. 1.

   of radical or major importance

   “a Copernican revolution in modern art”

   Similarimportant
2. 2.

   according to Copernicus

   “in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun”

   Similarheliocentric

Questions about copernican

What does copernican mean?

copernican means "of radical or major importance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in copernican?

copernican has 4 syllables: co-per-ni-can. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /kəˈpɝnəkən/.

Is copernican a common word?

copernican is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.