geocentric

1. 1.

   having the earth as the center

   Antonymsheliocentric

   SimilarPtolemaic

Questions about geocentric

What does geocentric mean?

geocentric means "having the earth as the center".

How many syllables are in geocentric?

geocentric has 4 syllables: ge-o-cen-tric. The stress falls on "cen". In IPA it is /ˌdʒioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/.

What is the opposite of geocentric?

The recorded antonyms are heliocentric.

Is geocentric a common word?

geocentric 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.