COSMOLOGY

cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny

(noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

cosmology

(noun) the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cosmology (countable and uncountable, plural cosmologies)

The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.

A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.

A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.

Source: Wiktionary


Cos*mol"o*gy (kz-ml"-j), n. Etym: [Gr. ko`smos the world + -logy: cf. F. cosmologie.]

Definition: The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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