Cosmology Definition

kŏz-mŏlə-jē
cosmologies
noun
cosmologies
The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space.
American Heritage
The scientific study of the form, content, organization, and evolution of the universe.
Webster's New World
The branch of metaphysics dealing with the origin and structure of the universe.
Webster's New World
A philosophical, religious, or mythical explanation of the nature and structure of the universe.
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Singular:
cosmology
Plural:
cosmologies

Origin of Cosmology

  • From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kosmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logia, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-logos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”).

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Cosmology Sentence Examples

  • In fact no rational cosmology is possible.

  • No matter your view of history and cosmology, civilization is very young.

  • This solid played an all-important part in the geometry and cosmology of the Greeks.

  • His cosmology was an assertion not so much of the immutability of the One as rather of the mutability of the Many.

  • The extracts containing the Babylonian cosmology, the list of the antediluvian kings of Babylonia, and the Chaldaean story of the Deluge, have been shown by the decipherment of the cuneiform texts to have faithfully reproduced the native legends; we may, therefore, conclude that the rest of the History was equally trustworthy.

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