Sentence examples for homocentric from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, the homocentric spheres were criticized for their failure to account for the fact that some planets (notably Mars and Venus) are much brighter at some times of their cycles than at others.

In considering the Sun's motion, Eudoxus's theory of homocentric spheres ignored the fact that the Sun appears to speed up and slow down in the course of the year as it moves around the zodiac.

Harari's larger contention is that our homocentric creed, devoted to human liberty and happiness, will be destroyed by the approaching post-humanist horizon.

Despite Nick's sexual adventures, the novel marks a change from Hollinghurst's predominantly homocentric fiction.