English Dictionary

heliocentrism

名詞

不可算名詞 くだけた表現

(astronomy, history) The theory that the sun is the center of the universe. / (informal) The phenomenon of the Earth revolving around the Sun.

日本語の意味

（天文学・歴史）太陽が宇宙の中心であるという理論。 / （非公式）地球が太陽の周りを公転する現象。

The concept of heliocentrism challenged centuries of astronomical and religious belief, eventually reshaping our understanding of the cosmos.

太陽中心説の概念は何世紀にもわたる天文学的および宗教的信念に挑戦し、最終的に私たちの宇宙に対する理解を変えました。

意味（1）

(astronomy, history) The theory that the sun is the center of the universe.

Geocentrism has been displaced by heliocentrism. Heliocentrism, in turn, the claim of the sun, surrounded by its satellites, to a sovereign place in the heavens, has become ridiculous in the face of the wilderness of suns that people the abysses beyond us.

意味（2）

(informal) The phenomenon of the Earth revolving around the Sun.

You would think the practitioners of the dismal science of economics would look at their demand curves and the data on incomes and taxes and pronounce a verdict, the way Galileo and Copernicus did when they showed that geocentrism was a fantasy because the Earth revolves around the sun (known as heliocentrism).