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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| revolution | a sweeping change |
| geocentric | earth-centered universe. |
| astronomer | scientists who study the motions of stars and planets |
| heliocentric | a sun-centered universe. |
| excommunication | to be exiled, or thrown out, of a church or group. |
| ellipses | oval orbits |
| heresy | anti-church teachings. |
| scientific method | an approach to studying the world made up of several steps, involving data, predictions, and multiple experiments. |
| hypothesis | an explanation of data |
| rationalism | a school of thought that says all knowledge is based on reason. Descartes is known as the founder of modern rationalism. |