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cosmos
CIDE DICTIONARY
cosmos, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr. to distinguish one's self.].
- The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it. [1913 Webster]
- The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony. Humboldt. [1913 Webster]
cosmos, n.
A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens , usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are cultivated. Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos diversifolius are among the best-known species; Cosmos caudatus , of the West Indies, is widely naturalized. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cosmos, n.
1 the universe, esp. as a well-ordered whole.
2 a an ordered system of ideas etc. b a sum total of experience.
1 the universe, esp. as a well-ordered whole.
2 a an ordered system of ideas etc. b a sum total of experience.
cosmos, n. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, bearing single dahlia-like blossoms of various colours.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk kosmos in sense 'ornament'
THESAURUS
cosmos
Copernican universe, Einsteinian universe, Newtonian universe, Ptolemaic universe, all, all being, all creation, allness, created nature, created universe, creation, everything that is, expanding universe, macrocosm, macrocosmos, megacosm, metagalaxy, nature, omneity, plenum, pulsating universe, sidereal universe, steady-state universe, sum of things, system, totality, totality of being, universe, whole wide world, wide world, world, world without endROGET THESAURUS
cosmos
World
N world, creation, nature, universe, earth, globe, wide world, cosmos, kosmos, terraqueous globe, sphere, macrocosm, megacosm, music of the spheres, heavens, sky, welkin, empyrean, starry cope, starry heaven, starry host, firmament, Midgard, supersensible regions, varuna, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven, celestial spaces, heavenly bodies, stars, asteroids, nebulae, galaxy, milky way, galactic circle, via lactea, ame no kawa, sun, orb of day, Apollo, Phoebus, photosphere, chromosphere, solar system, planet, planetoid, comet, satellite, moon, orb of night, Diana, silver-footed queen, aerolite, meteor, planetary ring, falling star, shooting star, meteorite, uranolite, constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades, colures, equator, ecliptic, orbit, astronomy, uranography, uranology, cosmology, cosmography, cosmogony, eidouranion, orrery, geodesy, star gazing, star gazer, astronomer, observatory, planetarium, cosmic, cosmical, mundane, terrestrial, terrestrious, terraqueous, terrene, terreous, telluric, earthly, geotic, under the sun, sublunary, subastral, solar, heliacal, lunar, celestial, heavenly, sphery, starry, stellar, sidereal, sideral, astral, nebular, uranic, in all creation, on the face of the globe, here below, under the sun, die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltergesicht, earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice o, green calm below, blue quietness above, hanging in a golden chain this pendant World, nothing in nature is unbeautiful, silently as a dream the fabric rose, some touch of nature's genial glow, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, through knowledge we behold the World's creation.For further exploring for "cosmos" in Webster Dictionary Online
