cosmology

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the scientific study of the origin, structure, development, and possible fate of the universe

   Modern cosmology uses observations of distant galaxies to test its models.

2. 2
   noun

   a theory or system of ideas about the origin and nature of the universe

   The creation story forms the heart of their traditional cosmology.

Common collocations

• geocentric cosmology Adjective + noun

From Medieval Latin cosmologia, built from Greek kosmos, meaning world or ordered universe, and -logia, meaning study or discourse. The word first referred broadly to accounts of the universe and later developed its modern scientific sense.

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