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Cosmos

Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the tribe Heliantheae — several American flowering plants.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kosmos, "order"). Named by botanist Antonio José Cavanilles (1745-1804).

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Examples

  • A: Well, I wouldn't say that The Fabric of the Cosmos is a book on cosmology.

    A Conversation with Brian Greene 2010

  • The Fabric of the Cosmos is as dazzling as it is tough, and it beautifully reflects this theoretician's ardor for his work.

    The Fabric of the Cosmos: Summary and book reviews of The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. 2004

  • Consider how many things in the same indivisible time take place in each of us, things which concern the body and things which concern the soul: and so thou wilt not wonder if many more things, or rather all things which come into existence in that which is the one and all, which we call Cosmos, exist in it at the same time.

    The Meditations 2004

  • Consider how many things in the same indivisible time take place in each of us, things which concern the body and things which concern the soul; and so thou wilt not wonder if many more things, or rather all things which come into existence in that which is the one and all, which we call Cosmos, exist in it at the same time.

    VI 1909

  • Consider how many things in the same indivisible time take place in each of us, -- things which concern the body and things which concern the soul: and so thou wilt not wonder if many more things, or rather all things which come into existence in that which is the one and all, which we call Cosmos, exist in it at the same time.

    Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius 1839

  • Consider how many things in the same indivisible time take place in each of us, -- things which concern the body and things which concern the soul: and so thou wilt not wonder if many more things, or rather all things which come into existence in that which is the one and all, which we call Cosmos, exist in it at the same time.

    Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius 1839

  • It has been extremely quiet around what they call Cosmos Country.

    NYT > Home Page By JACK BELL 2012

  • NASA representatives did take a late-breaking interest in Cosmos 1 — a number of them showed up at TPS for the launch — and the space agency has been involved with the testing of atmospheric drag on a solar “nanosail.”

    Across the Universe 2009

  • NASA representatives did take a late-breaking interest in Cosmos 1 — a number of them showed up at TPS for the launch — and the space agency has been involved with the testing of atmospheric drag on a solar “nanosail.”

    Across the Universe 2009

  • Anyway, one of the advantages of venerating all the nonconscious aspects of the Cosmos is knowing how indifferent the universe is to our little observances, and how it will take no notice whatsoever should we miss one, here or there.

    Spock, Obama, the Kwisatz Haderach, and decriminalizing evolution. docbrite 2009

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