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Definition: Cosmology |
CosmologyNoun1. The metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe. 2. The branch of astrophysics that studies the origins and structure of the universe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cosmology" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cosmology is the study of the large-scale structure and history of the universe. In particular, it deals with subjects regarding its origin. It is studied by Astronomy, Philosophy, and Religion. See also cosmogony.
Subjects in cosmology include:
Physical cosmology
According to the proposed extreme circumstances during the first minutes of the universe's history, Big Bang cosmologists often co-operate with scientists from areas such as Particle physics.Alternative cosmologies
Philosophical cosmology
Religious cosmology
See also
Physical cosmology: external references
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cosmology."
Synonym: CosmologySynonym: cosmogony (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
World | Astronomy; uranography, uranology; cosmology, cosmography, cosmogony; eidouranion, orrery; geodesy. (measurement); star gazing, star gazer; astronomer; observatory; planetarium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cosmology |
| English words defined with "cosmology": big bang ♦ element ♦ Hubble constant, Hubble's constant ♦ permissible. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Cambodia | The principal temple, Angkor Wat, was built between 1112 and 1150 by Suryavarman II. With walls nearly one-half mile on each side, Angkor Wat portrays the Hindu cosmology with the central towers representing Mount Meru, home of the gods; the outer walls, the mountains enclosing the world; and the moat, the oceans beyond.Angkor Thom, the capital city built after the Cham sack of 1177, is surrounded by a 300-foot wide moat. (references) |
Indigenous People | Guatemala | Included in the package is the Popol Vuh, a primer on Mayan cosmology. (references) |
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| "Cosmology" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.24% of the time. "Cosmology" is used about 132 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.24% | 131 | 27,855 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 132 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cosmology | 1,178 | cosmology introduction | 3 |
history of cosmology | 11 | cosmology university | 2 |
cosmology dogon | 5 | astronomy cosmology | 2 |
quantum cosmology | 5 | cosmology plasma | 2 |
cosmology kyoto | 3 | brian cosmology justice perception social swimmes | 2 |
breaking cosmology symmetry | 3 | big bang cosmology | 2 |
cosmology mayan | 3 | aristotle cosmology | 2 |
cosmology taino | 3 | cosmology gnostic | 2 |
cosmology school | 3 | cosmology news | 2 |
cosmology mathematica | 3 | buddhist cosmology | 2 |
cosmology universe | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cosmology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kozmologji. (various references) | |
Arabic | الكوزمولوجيا علم الكونيات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | космология. (various references) | |
Czech | kosmologie. (various references) | |
Farsi | فلسفه انتظام گیتی , نظام عالم وجود (Cosmos), کیهان شناسی (Cosmogony). (various references) | |
French | cosmologie. (various references) | |
German | Kosmologie. (various references) | |
Greek | κοσμολογία. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kozmológia. (various references) | |
Italian | cosmologia. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 宇宙論 , 宇宙学 , コスト効率 (bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights, cockatrice, Cocker spaniel, cockney, cockpit, cockroach, cook, coq d'or, cosmetic, cosmetic lens, cosmetics, cosmetology, cosmic, cosmonaut, cosmopolis, cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanism, cosmos, cost effectiveness, costume play, cottage, cotton, cox, faucet, glass, Kodak, rough play, spigot, tap). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うちゅうがく, うちゅうろ", コスモロジー . (various references) | |
Manx | tuinney-oaylleeaght. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osmologycay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cosmologia. (various references) | |
Romanian | cosmologie. (various references) | |
Russian | космология. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kosmologija. (various references) | |
Spanish | cosmología. (various references) | |
Swedish | kosmologi. (various references) | |
Thai | จักรวาลวิทยา. (various references) | |
Turkish | kozmoloji, evrenbilim. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | космологія. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vũ trụ học. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Cosmology" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: casmology, comology, cosmolgy, cosmologie, cosmonogy, koumbologi, nosology, Pomology. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cosmology" (pronounced kôzmô"lujē) |
| 4 | -l u j ē | analogy, anesthesiology, anthology, anthropology, apology, archaeology, archeology, astrology, bacteriology, biology, biotechnology, cardiology, chronology, cosmetology, criminology, cytology, dendrochronology, dermatology, kinesiology, doxology, ecology, elegy, embryology, endocrinology, entomology, epidemiology, epistemology, ethnology, ethology, etiology, etymology, eulogy, genealogy, geology, geomorphology, gerontology, graphology, gynecology, histology, Hymnology, ideology, immunology, limnology, meteorology, methodology, microbiology, micropaleontology, mineralogy, morphology, mycology, mythology, neurology, numerology, oncology, ontology, ophthalmology, ornithology, otology, paleontology, pathology, penology, petrology, pharmacology, physiology, Pomology, psychology, radiology, rheumatology, seismology, serology, sociology, terminology, theology, toxicology, trilogy, urology, virology, zoology. |
| 3 | -u j ē | prodigy, strategy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-l-m-o-o-o-s-y" | |
-3 letters: cologs, cymols, glooms, gloomy, oology. | |
-4 letters: clogs, cloys, colog, cools, cooly, cymol, gloms, gloom, goosy, locos, logos, looms, mools, ology, osmol. | |
-5 letters: clog, cloy, cogs, cols, coly, cool, coos, cosy, coys, glom, goos, goys, gyms, loco, logo, logs, logy, loom, loos, mocs, mogs, mols, moly, mool, moos, slog, smog, solo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-l-m-o-o-o-s-y" | |
+2 letters: cosmetology. | |
+5 letters: cosmologically. | |
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