cosmos (ˈkɒzmɒs
)
Definitions
noun
- the world or universe considered as an ordered system
- any ordered system
- harmony; order
- any tropical American plant of the genus any tropical American plant of the genus Cosmos, cultivated as garden plants for their brightly coloured flowers: family any tropical American plant of the genus cultivated as garden plants for their brightly coloured flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
Word Origin
C17: from Greek kosmos order, world, universeCosmos (ˈkɒzmɒs)
Definitions
noun
- astronautics any of various types of Soviet satellite, including Cosmos 1 (launched 1962) and nearly 2000 subsequent satellites
Usage examples
Between them lay a Paronomania board, which, fully open, looked like some exotic medieval map of the cosmos.
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)They explore the solar system, galaxies, and the evolution of the cosmos since the big bang.
New Scientist (2004)And it has already been established that there are billions and billions of suns in the cosmos of which our Sun is but one paltry example.
Globe and Mail (2003)The biggest gin palace floating off New Zealand belongs to Larry Ellison, once upon a time the richest man in the cosmos.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Previous mechanistic models of nature and consciousness showed a `steady state" universe, where natural laws controlled a clockwork cosmos.
, Treasure in the Field (1993)