/kə'pɜ:nɪkən; ko`pɝnɪkən/
adj of Copernicus/ kE5p\:nIkEs; ko`p[nIkEs/ (1473-1543), a Polish astronomer,who was the first to propose the theory that the planets move around the sun 哥白尼的（哥白尼, 1473-1543年, 波兰天文学家, 日心说的创始人）
*the Copernican system 哥白尼体系.