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    天動説

    天てん動どう説せつ

    Ptolemaic theory

    KMT10News #46+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab29 strokes

    てんどうせつ

    Noun

    1.
    Ptolemaic theory, geocentric model, geocentrism

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    昔むかしは天てん動どう説せつが信しんじられていた。

    In the past, the geocentric theory was believed.

    KMT6Science & MathHistory
    天てん動どう説せつは、地ち球きゅうが宇う宙ちゅうの中ちゅう心しんであると考かんがえる理り論ろんだ。

    The geocentric theory is a theory that considers the Earth to be the center of the universe.

    KMT7Science & Math
    コペルニクスは、天てん動どう説せつに代かわる地ち動どう説せつを提てい唱しょうした。

    Copernicus proposed the heliocentric theory as an alternative to the geocentric theory.

    KMT8Science & MathHistory
    科かが学く革かく命め以いぜ前んは、天てん動どう説せつが世せ界かいの常じょう識しきとして広ひろく受うけ入いれられていた。

    Before the scientific revolution, the geocentric theory was widely accepted as common sense worldwide.

    KMT9Science & MathHistory
    天てん動どう説せつは、当とう時じの人ひと々びとの宇う宙ちゅう観かんや宗しゅう教きょう観かんに深ふかく影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    The geocentric theory deeply influenced the worldview and religious views of people at that time.

    KMT9Science & MathReligion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
    説
    と.く…(4)
    opinion・theory・explanation・rumor
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