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Heliocentrical   Listen
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Heliocentrical, Heliocentric  adj.  (Astron.) Pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; opposed to geocentrical.
Heliocentric parallax. See under Parallax.
Heliocentric place, Heliocentric latitude, Heliocentric longitude, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun.






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"Heliocentrical" Quotes from Famous Books



... even in the more complicated problems of mathematical astronomy. Give a woman ten minutes and she will describe a heliocentric parallax of the heavens. Give her twenty minutes and she will find astronomically the longitude of a place by means of lunar culminations. Give that same woman an hour and a half, with the present fashions, and she cannot find ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various



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