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NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

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• NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (noun)
The noun NICOLAUS COPERNICUS has 1 sense:

1. Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)

Familiarity information: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS used as a noun is very rare.

• NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (noun)

Sense 1

Nicolaus Copernicus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Copernicus; Mikolaj Kopernik; Nicolaus Copernicus

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

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