"cosmology" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-cosmology.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: cosmologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|cosmologia}} Medieval Latin cosmologia, {{der|en|grc|κόσμος||world}} Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”), {{m|grc|-λογία||treating of}} -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), {{m|grc|-λόγος||one who speaks (in a certain manner)}} -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”), {{surf|en|cosmo-|-logy}} By surface analysis, cosmo- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cosmology (countable and uncountable, plural cosmologies)
  1. The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cosmology Translations (study of the physical universe): عِلْم الكَوْن الفِيزِيَائِيّ (ʕilm al-kawn al-fīziyāʔiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), касмало́гія (kasmalóhija) [feminine] (Belarusian), စကြာဝဠာဗေဒ (ca.krawa.labeda.) (Burmese), cosmologia [feminine] (Catalan), 宇宙學 (Chinese Mandarin), 宇宙学 (yǔzhòuxué) (Chinese Mandarin), kosmonieth [feminine] (Cornish), kosmologie [feminine] (Czech), kosmologi [common-gender] (Danish), kosmologie [feminine] (Dutch), ruimtekunde [feminine] (Dutch), kosmologia (Finnish), cosmologie [feminine] (French), cosmoloxía [feminine] (Galician), კოსმოლოგია (ḳosmologia) (Georgian), Kosmologie [feminine] (German), κοσμολογία (kosmología) [feminine] (Greek), קוסמולוגיה (qosmologia) [feminine] (Hebrew), ब्रह्माण्ड विज्ञान (brahmāṇḍ vijñān) (Hindi), kozmológia (Hungarian), heimsfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), kosmologio (Ido), kosmologi (Indonesian), cosmologia [feminine] (Italian), 宇宙論 (uchūron) (alt: うちゅうろん) (Japanese), ғарышнама (ğaryşnama) (Kazakh), космология (kosmologiä) (Kazakh), លោកធាតុវិទ្យា (looka’ tʰiet vityie) (Khmer), 우주론 (ujuron) (alt: 宇宙論) (Korean), kosmoloģija [feminine] (Latvian), cosmologie [feminine] (Norman), kosmologi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kosmologi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cosmologia [feminine] (Occitan), کیهانشناسی (keyhân-šenâsi) (Persian), kosmologia [feminine] (Polish), cosmologia [feminine] (Portuguese), cosmologie [feminine] (Romanian), космоло́гия (kosmológija) [feminine] (Russian), козмоло̀гија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kozmològija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), آفاقڀياس (Aafaaqbhyas) [masculine] (Sindhi), kozmológia [feminine] (Slovak), kozmologija [feminine] (Slovene), cosmología [feminine] (Spanish), kosmologi [common-gender] (Swedish), dalubmayawan (Tagalog), kozmoloji (Turkish), космоло́гія (kosmolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cosmology-en-noun-5cmqhV81 Disambiguation of Cosmology: 58 28 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with cosmo-, English terms suffixed with -logy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 16 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 71 11 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cosmo-: 62 14 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 71 11 18 Disambiguation of 'study of the physical universe': 77 16 8
  2. A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cosmology-en-noun-J4s~XnTg
  3. A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cosmology-en-noun-T1UBXBAc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: black hole cosmology, concordance cosmology, Schwarzschild cosmology Related terms: cosmic, cosmogony, cosmologic, cosmological, cosmologist, cosmos, eschatology, big bang theory, steady state theory

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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "looka’ tʰiet vityie",
      "sense": "study of the physical universe",
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      "sense": "study of the physical universe",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of the physical universe",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of the physical universe",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "козмоло̀гија"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of the physical universe",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "tr",
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