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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
heliocentric/hiːliəˈsentrɪk/

▶adjective

1 having or representing the sun as the centre, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system. Compare with geocentric.

2 Astronomy measured from or considered in relation to the centre of the sun.

– derivatives
heliocentrically adverb.

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