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pl. [Gr, kopē = a striking, a stroke (as of an oar), and pous, gen it. podos a foot.] 1543.] Pertaining to the celebrated astronomer, Copernicus. [See etymol.] (1) Copernican hypothesis : Astron. The view regarding the solar system promulgated by Copernicus, and which he was careful for ecclesiastical reasons to call a hypothesis instead of a theory. Pope Pius VII., in the early part of the nineteenth century, having prom ised a repeal of the Papal edict against the Copernican system, no offense was afterward taken at Rome if the Roman Catholic profe ors called the Copernican views a theory, which they had not before been permitted to do, having been required to employ the term hypothesis. ( Lyell : Princip . of Geol., bk. i., ch. iv.) (2) Copernican system: Astron.: The system of astronomy promulgated by Copernicus, which in most of its e ential features was identical with that now accepted. Previous to his time the system in vogue was the Ptolemaic as modified by Tycho Brahe. Both of these eminent men had placed the earth in the center of their system, and made the sun and the planets to revolve around it. Copernicus took the great step forward of placing the sun in the center, and reducing the earth to the comparatively humble position of a planet. The places which he a igned to the planets were e entially correct, but he failed to explain accurately the laws which regulated their movements. He supposed that they must be united to the central body-the sun-by bars, like Ptolemy's epicycles. It was not till Kepler and Newton had made two other great movements forward that the mechanism of the heavens came to be understood. There is injustice to these men when the term Copernican system is held to embrace discoveries made subsequent to the time of Copernicus. IMG:content-0897.png:[blocks in formation] copious cō'-pi-a-pite, s. [Named from Copiapo, a volcano, a river, a town, and a district of Northern Chili.] Min.: A yellow, translucent pearly mineral, consisting of a loose aggregation of granular scales. Hardne , 1'5; specific gravity, 2:14. Composition: Sulphuric acid, 427; sesquioxide of iron, 342; water, 23.1=100. It was known to the ancients, and was till lately called Misy. It results from the decomposition of iron pyrites. It is found at Goslar in the Hartz, and at Copiapo, in Chili. ( Dana .) *сō-pie, *сō-př, s. [O. Fr. copie ; Lat. copia = plenty.] [COPY.] 1. Plenty, abundance. "This Spayne hath grete copy and plente of castelles." Trevis a, i. 301. 2. A copy. "Bad him the copie bere." -Langtoft , p. 293. 3. ( Pl .): An army, forc s (Lat.cop iæ). "Thus the knyghtes and squyers turned theyr copies on both parties." -Berners: Froi art's Cronycle, vol. i, ch. cexcix. cop'-led, *co-py-yd, pa. par. or a. [COPY, v.] "Copyyd. Copiatus."- Prompt. Parv. cop-I-er, s. [Eng. copy; -er.] 1. One who copies or transcribes an original; a IMG:content-0898.png:[blocks in formation] "Our schismatics in England were the copiers of rebellion."-Dryden: Vindic. of Duke of Guise. cop-ing (1), pr. par., a. & 8. [COPE (3), 8.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of engaging or encountering with.