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cosmos

[ koz-mohs, -muhs ]

noun

, plural cos·mos, cos·mos·es
  1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
  2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system.
  3. order; harmony.
  4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical America, some species of which, as C. bipannatus and C. sulphureus, are cultivated for their showy ray flowers.
  5. (initial capital letter) Also Kos·mos. Aerospace. one of a long series of Soviet satellites that have been launched into orbit around the earth.


cosmos

1

/ ˈkɒzmɒs /

noun

  1. the world or universe considered as an ordered system
  2. any ordered system
  3. harmony; order
  4. -mos-moses any tropical American plant of the genus Cosmos, cultivated as garden plants for their brightly coloured flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)


Cosmos

2

/ ˈkɒzmɒs /

noun

  1. astronautics any of various types of Soviet satellite, including Cosmos 1 (launched 1962) and nearly 2000 subsequent satellites

cosmos

/ kŏzməs,kŏzmōs′ /

  1. The universe, especially when considered as an orderly and harmonious whole.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cosmos1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Greek kósmos “order, form, arrangement, the world or universe”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cosmos1

C17: from Greek kosmos order, world, universe

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Example Sentences

This was in 1964, and Hawking is now 72, and still rattling the cosmos.

That was the most interesting part of Cosmos, unfortunately.

It serves as the heart of the collective works, as an interface between the cosmos and humanity.

The sounds she performs from the violins on canvas replicate her idea of sounds found in the cosmos.

Everywhere we look in the cosmos, we see galaxies, forming a thick network that almost looks like cells in the human brain.

This union of all mysteries—the mystery of the Cosmos and the mystery of Fate—oppresses human reason.

Only one thing is lacking; indeed, it is the chief omission in the cosmos of Kropotkin—the poetic note.

By olam is meant the infinite, that which is permanent in the limits of time; olam also means "world" or "cosmos."

How the world would prick up its donkey ears—even the little cosmos of the Toba valley—if it knew.

It has gone all the way around our little cosmos and come back again.

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