geocentric
[ˌdʒi(:)əu'sentrik]
a.





geocentric
[ adj ]
having the earth as the center
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Geocentric \Ge`o*cen"tric\, Geocentrical \Ge`o*cen"tric*al\, a.
[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ke`ntron center: cf. F.
g['e]ocentrique.] (Astron.)
(a) Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center;
as, the geocentric theory of the universe; in relation to
or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to
{heliocentric}, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric
longitude or latitude of a planet.
[1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Geocentric latitude} (of place) the angle included between
the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of
the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It
is a little less than the geographic latitude.