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Cosmology Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ology

Cosmology has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

"After reading the ancient texts, she realized that their cosmology was far more concerned with spiritual origins than with physical measurements."

2

the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

"During our astronomy club meeting, we spent hours debating how recent data on dark energy is reshaping modern cosmology."

3

The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.

"After reading her latest paper on dark matter, I realized that modern cosmology has completely reshaped our understanding of how the universe began and will eventually end."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metaphysics astrophysics
Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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