cosmos

  • 81cosmos — [17] Cosmos is a learned borrowing from Greek kósmos. The underlying meaning of this was ‘order’, and it appears originally to have been applied to the world and the universe by Pythagoras and his school in reference to the orderliness of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 82cosmos — cosmos1 noun the universe seen as a well ordered whole. Origin ME: from Gk kosmos order or world . cosmos2 noun an ornamental plant of the daisy family, which bears single dahlia like flowers and is native to Mexico and warm regions of America.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 83cosmos — noun the cosmos the whole universe, especially when you think of it as a system …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 84cosmos — cos•mos [[t]ˈkɒz məs, moʊs[/t]] n. pl. mos, mos•es for2,4. 1) the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system 2) a complete, orderly, harmonious system 3) order; harmony 4) pln any of a genus, Cosmos, of New World composite plants …

    From formal English to slang

  • 85cosmos — /ˈkɒzmɒs / (say kozmos) noun 1. the physical universe. 2. the world or universe as an embodiment of order and harmony (distinguished from chaos). 3. a complete and harmonious system. 4. order; harmony. 5. any plant of genus Cosmos, of tropical… …

  • 86cosmos — [17] Cosmos is a learned borrowing from Greek kósmos. The underlying meaning of this was ‘order’, and it appears originally to have been applied to the world and the universe by Pythagoras and his school in reference to the orderliness of… …

    Word origins

  • 87cosmos — 1. n. 1 the universe, esp. as a well ordered whole. 2 a an ordered system of ideas etc. b a sum total of experience. Etymology: Gk kosmos 2. n. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, bearing single dahlia like blossoms of various colours.… …

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  • 88Cosmos (operating system) — Cosmos Screenshot of a Cosmos test shell booted in QEMU Company / developer …

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  • 89Cosmos (Transformers) — Cosmos is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. He is sometimes referred to as Autobot Cosmos for trademark purposes.[1] Wired Magazine once nominated him as one of the 12 most ridiculous Transformers of… …

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  • 90Cosmos (Plante) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cosmos …

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