heliocentric

1. 1.

   having the sun as the center

   Antonymsgeocentric

   SimilarCopernican

Questions about heliocentric

What does heliocentric mean?

heliocentric means "having the sun as the center".

How many syllables are in heliocentric?

heliocentric has 5 syllables: he-li-o-cen-tric. The stress falls on "cen".

What is the opposite of heliocentric?

The recorded antonyms are geocentric.

Is heliocentric a common word?

heliocentric 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.