cosmo-, cosm-, cosmico-, cosm, -cosmia, -cosmos, -cosmic, -cosmics, -cosmical, -cosmology, -cosms
(Greek: kosmos to cosmos; "world, universe"; from its "perfect order and arrangement"; to order, to arrange, to adorn; well-ordered, regular, arranged; skilled in adornment, which came into English as cosmetic.)
cosmographer
1. A general description of the world or of the universe.
2. The science that describes the constitution of the whole order of nature.
2. The science that describes the constitution of the whole order of nature.
cosmographic
1. Referring or pertaining to cosmography or the representation of the earth or the heavens.
2. Characterized by the science that maps the general features of the universe; which describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
2. Characterized by the science that maps the general features of the universe; which describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
cosmographical
1. A reference to the general description of the world or of the universe.
2. Characterized by the science that deals with the constitution of the whole order of nature.
2. Characterized by the science that deals with the constitution of the whole order of nature.
cosmographically
1. In a cosmographic manner.
2. In accordance with cosmography.
2. In accordance with cosmography.
cosmographist
1. A scientist, or other specialist, knowledgeable about cosmography or the study and description or mapping of the entire world or of the universe.
2. A scholar who studies the visible universe that includes geography and astronomy.
2. A scholar who studies the visible universe that includes geography and astronomy.
cosmography
1. A representation of the earth or the heavens.
2. The science that maps the general features of the universe or describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
3. A general description of the world, or the universe, its interrelations and materials.
4. The science dealing with the structure of the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
2. The science that maps the general features of the universe or describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
3. A general description of the world, or the universe, its interrelations and materials.
4. The science dealing with the structure of the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
cosmolabe
An instrument resembling the astrolabe (an early instrument used to observe the position and determine the altitude of the sun or other astronomical objects), formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; also called a pantacosm.
The astrolabe was used for navigation during the Middle Ages until the 18th century when it was replaced by the sextant.
cosmolater
Someone who makes use of an instrument resembling the astrolabe (an early instrument used to observe the position and determine the altitude of the sun or other astronomical objects).
cosmolatrist
Anyone who utilizes the instrument resembling the astrolabe (an early instrument used to observe the position and determine the altitude of the sun or other astronomical objects).
Worship of the world or of the universe.
cosmologic
1. Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and, especially, the characteristics of the universe; such as, space and time and causality.
2. A reference to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin, history, structure, and dynamics of the universe.
2. A reference to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin, history, structure, and dynamics of the universe.
cosmological
A reference to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin, history, structure, and dynamics of the universe.
cosmological argument, cosmological proof
1. A logical argument that tries to prove the existence of God from empirical information about the universe.
2. An argument for the existence of God, asserting that the contingency of each entity, and of the universe composed wholly of such entities, which demands the admission of an adequate external cause, which is God.
2. An argument for the existence of God, asserting that the contingency of each entity, and of the universe composed wholly of such entities, which demands the admission of an adequate external cause, which is God.
cosmological principle
The assumption made in most theories of cosmology that the universe is homogeneous of a large scale.
cosmologically
A description of the study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space.
