Meaning of heliocentricism | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C2]
Examples
“And as to Copernicus, he declared most expressly in his preface that he spoke of Heliocentricism as a pure hypothesis; the imagination of which was useful for the calculation of planetary orbits, but which “need⟳ not be true or even probable,” i.e., resting on any solid ground whatever.”
“I do not say⟳ for example that Heliocentricism is no truer than Geocentricism, but is only a simpler hypothesis.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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