• (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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/copernican/
Co·per'ni·can adjective Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth ( b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/156
adjective according to Copernicus; `in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
of or pertaining to Copernicus or his theories. · important and radically different; thoroughgoing: a Copernican revolution in modern art. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/copernican