cosmology

Noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

observatory ontology planetarium astrophysics astronomy geodesy cosmography epistemology cosmological cosmogony metaphysics quantum electrodynamics metaphysic M-theory underpinning
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Antonyms

fact proof slight mistake abortion ignorance
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Hypernyms

astrophysics metaphysics

Related terms

cosmos cosmic cosmologist cosmological cosmogony cosmologic

Phrases with the word

earth-centered cosmology geocentric cosmology anti-cosmology Schwarzschild cosmology dualistic cosmology Ptolemaic cosmology

Examples

The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch. Alan Guth

Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it's no wonder. We're storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story of creation? Brian Greene

Nowadays, cosmology seems rather unexciting. Joseph Silk

Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever. Robert Nozick

The space of early Greek cosmology was structured by logos – resonant utterance or word. Marshall McLuhan

What if criticism is a science as well as an art? Not a "pure" or "exact" science, of course, but these phrases belong to a nineteenth-century cosmology which is no longer with us. Northrop Frye

Close letter words and terms

cosmological theorem cosmologically cosmologist cosmometry cosmonaut cosmonaut excursion