a. and sb. [f. mod.L. Tychon-, stem of Tycho, Latinized form of the Danish personal name Tyge + -IAN.] a. adj. TYCHONIC. b. sb. A disciple or adherent of Tycho Brahe or of his system of astronomy. rare.
1647. Boyle, Lett., 8 April, in Birch, Life, B.’s Wks. 1772, I. p. xxxix. The dissenting opinions of the Ptolemeans, the Tychonians [etc.].
1710. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., II. Tychonian System or Hypothesis, is so called from having been advanced to solve the Phænomena of Astronomy by the Noble Tycho Brahe.
1901. Nature, 7 Nov., 7/1. In the Prague Town Hall an exhibition was held of several Tychonian relics.
