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cosmos

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cos·mos  (kzms, -ms, -ms)
n.
1. The universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole.
2. An ordered, harmonious whole.
3. Harmony and order as distinct from chaos.
4. pl. cos·mos·es or cosmos Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos in the composite family, having radiate flower heads of variously colored flowers and opposite pinnate leaves, especially C. bipinnatus and C. sulphureus, widely cultivated as garden annuals.

[Middle English, from Greek kosmos, order.]

cosmos
Noun
the universe considered as an ordered system [Greek kosmos order]

cosmos  (kzms, kzms)
The universe, especially when considered as an orderly and harmonious whole.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cosmoscosmos - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"
celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky
closed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter
estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere
natural order - the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws
nature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
2.cosmos - any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Cosmos - genus of tropical American plants cultivated for their colorful flowers

cosmos
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cosmos [ˈkɔzmɔs] ncosmos m
cosmos [ˈkɔzmɔs] ncosmos m
cosmos [ˈkɔzmɔs] n the cosmos → der Kosmos
cosmos [ˈkɔzmɔs] ncosmo

cosmos cosmic

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Each of you dwells in a cosmos of his own making, created out of his own fancies and desires.
The bonds of the flesh had little part in my cosmos of love.
While he was wiser in natural philosophy than she, and could have given immediately the reason for woman's existence on the earth, nevertheless woman had no part in his cosmos.
 
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