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Cosmos

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Cos′mos

(kŏz′mŏs)
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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κόσμοσ
order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr.
çad
to distinguish one’s self.]
1.
The universe or universality of created things; – so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.
2.
The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony.
Humboldt.

Definition 2024

Cosmos

Cosmos

See also: cosmos

Translingual

Cosmos bipinnatus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος ‎(kósmos, “order”). Named by botanist Antonio José Cavanilles (1745-1804).[1][2]

Proper noun

Cosmos m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – several American flowering plants.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

  1. ↑ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
  2. ↑ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.

English

Proper noun

Cosmos

  1. A city in Minnesota.

cosmos

cosmos

See also: Cosmos

English

The cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒz.mɒs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑz.moʊs/

Noun

Wikispecies cosmos ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cosmoses or cosmoi)

  1. The universe.
    • 2013 August 24, “A problem of cosmic proportions”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8850:
      In Dr Wetterich’s picture of the cosmos the redshift others attribute to expansion is, rather, the result of the universe putting on weight. If atoms weighed less in the past, he reasons, the light they emitted then would, in keeping with the laws of quantum mechanics, have been less energetic than the light they emit now.
  2. An ordered, harmonious whole.
  3. Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.
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Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of cosmopolitan

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔz.moʊz/

Noun

cosmos

  1. plural of cosmo

French

Pronunciation

Noun

cosmos m ‎(uncountable)

  1. cosmos, universe

Portuguese

Noun

cosmos m (plural cosmos)

  1. Alternative form of cosmo
  2. cosmos (herb of the genus Cosmos)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος ‎(kósmos, “world, universe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkos.mos/

Noun

cosmos m ‎(plural cosmos)

  1. universe
  2. space (area beyond the atmosphere of planets)
  3. cosmos (herbs of the genus Cosmos)

Synonyms

Related terms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος ‎(kósmos, “world, universe”).

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