Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for cosmos

cosmos

noun as in universe

noun as in ordered system

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

Some of these are the microwave leftovers from the hot Big Bang over 13 billion years ago, others are the photons produced in distant stars and innumerable astrophysical events strewn across the cosmos.

Even if life is built out of different stuff in different places in the cosmos, that might not matter.

We may spend much of our time poring over data and digging into the language of math and physics to describe the cosmos, but we also get the unique opportunity to travel to some of the darkest corners of the world for our research.

Galileo’s trial centered on his book Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, in which three characters discuss the pros and cons of the Aristotelian cosmos, with Earth at the center, and the sun-centered solar system advocated by Copernicus.

The universe’s contraction recharges the energy field, which heats up the cosmos and vaporizes its atoms.

This was in 1964, and Hawking is now 72, and still rattling the cosmos.

That was the most interesting part of Cosmos, unfortunately.

It serves as the heart of the collective works, as an interface between the cosmos and humanity.

The sounds she performs from the violins on canvas replicate her idea of sounds found in the cosmos.

Everywhere we look in the cosmos, we see galaxies, forming a thick network that almost looks like cells in the human brain.

This union of all mysteries—the mystery of the Cosmos and the mystery of Fate—oppresses human reason.

Only one thing is lacking; indeed, it is the chief omission in the cosmos of Kropotkin—the poetic note.

By olam is meant the infinite, that which is permanent in the limits of time; olam also means "world" or "cosmos."

How the world would prick up its donkey ears—even the little cosmos of the Toba valley—if it knew.

It has gone all the way around our little cosmos and come back again.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for jagged?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cosmos, such as: galaxy, solar system, creation, macrocosm, nature, and world.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement