'Copernican' definitions:
Definition of 'Copernican'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution in modern art"
adjective
According to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun"
Definition of 'Copernican'
From: GCIDE
- Copernican \Co*per"ni*can\, a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system. [1913 Webster] copesetic