cosmology

kɒzˈmɒləʤi

cosmologies

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Definition of cosmology - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

cultural perspective

TECH.

cultural or religious view of the universe

TECH.

Each culture has its own cosmology explaining the universe's origin.

cosmogony

worldview

science

TECH.

study of the universe's origin, structure, and future

TECH.

She studied cosmology to understand the universe's evolution..

astronomy

astrophysics

cosmogony

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Origin of cosmology

Greek, kosmos (universe) + logia (study)

Terms with cosmology included in their meaning

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universe

cosmology

all existing matter and space considered as a whole

dawn of time

cosmology

the beginning of the universe or world

anthropic principle

cosmology

idea that the universe supports the existence of observers

big bang

cosmology

theory about the universe's origin from a massive explosion

big bang theory

cosmology

the universe's creation from a dense, hot state

cosmic inflation

cosmology

rapid expansion of the universe after the Big Bang

cosmic microwave background radiation

cosmology

radiation from the Big Bang filling the universe

critical density

cosmology

density at which universe would stop expanding and start contracting

Examples of cosmology in a sentence

Ancient texts describe a complex cosmology.
Cosmology seeks to answer fundamental questions about existence.
Advances in cosmology have reshaped our understanding of space.

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French:cosmologie, ...
German:Kosmologie, ...
Italian:cosmologia, ...
Spanish:cosmología, ...
Portuguese:cosmologia, ...
Chinese:宇宙观, 宇宙学, ...
Japanese:宇宙論, 宇宙学, ...
Arabic:كَوْنِيَّة, عِلْمُ الكَوْنِيَّاتِ, ...
Hebrew:קוֹסְמוֹלוֹגְיָה, ...
Russian:космология, ...
Ukrainian:космологія, ...
Hindi:ब्रह्मांड-दृष्टि, ब्रह्मांड विज्ञान, ...
Bengali:বিশ্বতত্ত্ব, মহাবিশ্ববিদ্যা, ...
Catalan:cosmologia, estudi de l'univers, ...
Czech:kosmologie, ...
Danish:verdenssyn, studiet af universet, ...
Dutch:kosmologie, ...
Greek:κοσμολογία, μελέτη του σύμπαντος, ...
Hungarian:kozmológia, világegyetem-tan, ...
Khmer:ទស្សនៈអំពីចក្រវាល, វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រកំណើតនិងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធចក្រវាល, ...
Korean:우주론, 우주학, ...
Persian:جهان‌بینی, جهان‌شناسی, ...
Polish:kosmologia, ...
Portuguese (BR):cosmologia, ...
Romanian:cosmologie, studiul universului, ...
Swedish:kosmologi, ...
Thai:จักรวาลทัศน์, จักรวาลวิทยา, ...
Turkish:kozmoloji, evren bilimi, ...
Vietnamese:vũ trụ quan, vũ trụ học, ...

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