Cosmos

['kɒzmɒs] or ['kɑzmos]

Definition

(noun.) any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals.

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Definition

(n.) The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

(n.) The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Universe.

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Definition

n. the world as an orderly or systematic whole—opp. to Chaos: order.—adjs. Cos′mic relating to the cosmos: orderly; Cos′mical cosmic: (astron.) happening at sunrise: rising with the sun.—adv. Cos′mically.—ns. Cos′mism the notion of the cosmos as a self-existing whole; Cos′mist a secularist; Cos′mocrat ruler of the world.—adj. Cosmocrat′ic.—ns. Cos′molabe a kind of astrolabe—also Pantocosm; Cosmol′atry worship paid to the world; Cosmom′etry the art of measuring the world; Cos′mosphere an apparatus for showing the position of the earth at any given time with reference to the fixed stars; Cosmothē′ism the belief that identifies God with the cosmos: pantheism.—adjs. Cosmothet′ic -al assuming an external world.

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