cosmos
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
a complete, orderly, harmonious system.
order; harmony.
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.
(initial capital letter)Also Kos·mos. Aerospace. one of a long series of Soviet satellites that have been launched into orbit around the earth.
Origin of cosmos
1Words Nearby cosmos
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How to use cosmos in a sentence
Some of these are the microwave leftovers from the hot Big Bang over 13 billion years ago, others are the photons produced in distant stars and innumerable astrophysical events strewn across the cosmos.
The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Caleb Scharf | August 19, 2020 | NautilusEven if life is built out of different stuff in different places in the cosmos, that might not matter.
How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex | Caleb Scharf | August 12, 2020 | NautilusWe may spend much of our time poring over data and digging into the language of math and physics to describe the cosmos, but we also get the unique opportunity to travel to some of the darkest corners of the world for our research.
Galileo’s trial centered on his book Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, in which three characters discuss the pros and cons of the Aristotelian cosmos, with Earth at the center, and the sun-centered solar system advocated by Copernicus.
A new Galileo biography draws parallels to today’s science denialism | Tom Siegfried | August 11, 2020 | Science NewsThe universe’s contraction recharges the energy field, which heats up the cosmos and vaporizes its atoms.
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.
Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens | Matthew R. Francis | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis union of all mysteries—the mystery of the cosmos and the mystery of Fate—oppresses human reason.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoOnly one thing is lacking; indeed, it is the chief omission in the cosmos of Kropotkin—the poetic note.
Comrade Kropotkin | Victor RobinsonBy olam is meant the infinite, that which is permanent in the limits of time; olam also means "world" or "cosmos."
My Religion | Leo TolstoyHow the world would prick up its donkey ears—even the little cosmos of the Toba valley—if it knew.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairIt has gone all the way around our little cosmos and come back again.
Islands of Space | John W Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for cosmos (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒzmɒs) /
the world or universe considered as an ordered system
any ordered system
harmony; order
plural -mos or -moses any tropical American plant of the genus Cosmos, cultivated as garden plants for their brightly coloured flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
Origin of cosmos
1British Dictionary definitions for Cosmos (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒzmɒs) /
astronautics any of various types of Soviet satellite, including Cosmos 1 (launched 1962) and nearly 2000 subsequent satellites
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Scientific definitions for cosmos
[ kŏz′məs, kŏz′mōs′ ]
The universe, especially when considered as an orderly and harmonious whole.
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