different between heliocentric vs recant

English

Alternative forms

• heliocentrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From helio- +? -centric.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hi?li.???s?nt??k/
• (US) enPR: h?'l?-?-s?n?tr?k, IPA^(key): /?hi?lio??s?nt??k/
• Rhymes: -?nt??k

Adjective

heliocentric (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a solar system or orbit. [from 17th c.]

   Antonym: geocentric

   • 1685, J. Flamsteed in Philosophical Transactions XV, p. 1217:

     To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.

Related terms

• heliocentrism

Translations

Further reading

• Heliocentrism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• heteroclinic

Romanian

Etymology

From French héliocentrique

Adjective

heliocentric m or n (feminine singular heliocentric?, masculine plural heliocentrici, feminine and neuter plural heliocentrice)

1. heliocentric

Declension

English

Etymology

First attested in 1535, from Latin recantare, present active infinitive of recanto (“to sing back, reecho, sing again, repeat in singing, recant, recall, revoke, charm back or away”), from re- (“back”) + canto (“to chant, to sing”), frequentative of cano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Verb

recant (third-person singular simple present recants, present participle recanting, simple past and past participle recanted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

   Synonyms: abjure, disavow, disown, recall, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, withcall; see also Thesaurus:recant

Translations

Related terms

• recantation
• recanter

See also

• contradict
• recall
• revoke

Further reading

• recant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• recant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• recant at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “recant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, tanrec, trance