cosmo-, cosm-, cosmico-, cosm, -cosmia, -cosmos, -cosmic, -cosmics, -cosmical, -cosmology, -cosms +
(Greek: world, universe [from its "perfect order and arrangement"]; to order, to arrange, to adorn; well-ordered, regular)
cosmogonist
Someone who studies cosmogony or the study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar systems, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
cosmogonize
Expressing the theories of creation, as of the world or of the universe.
cosmogony
1. The generation or creation of the existing universe.
2. The branch of astrophysics that studies the origin, evolutionary behavior, and structure of the universe as a whole.
3. The study of the origin of celestial objects, usually referring to the solar system.
4. A specific theory or model, myth, or of the origin and evolution of the universe.
While early cosmogonical theories were limited to the problem of the origin of our planetary system, modern cosmogony embraces the study of the origin of giant stellar galaxies, single and multiple stars, planetary systems in general and, finally, the origin of atoms of various chemical elements which constitute the universe.
cosmographer
1. A general description of the world or of the universe.
2. The science that describes the constitution of the whole order of nature.
cosmographic
1. Referring or pertaining to cosmography or the representation of the earth or the heavens.
2. Characterized by the science that maps the general features of the universe; which describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
cosmographical
1. A reference to the general description of the world or of the universe.
2. Characterized by the science that deals with the constitution of the whole order of nature.
cosmographically
1. In a cosmographic manner.
2. In accordance with cosmography.
cosmographist
1. A scientist, or other specialist, knowledgeable about cosmography or the study and description or mapping of the entire world or of the universe.
2. A scholar who studies the visible universe that includes geography and astronomy.
cosmography
1. A representation of the earth or the heavens.
2. The science that maps the general features of the universe or describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
3. A general description of the world, or the universe, its interrelations and materials.
4. The science dealing with the structure of the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
cosmolabe
An instrument resembling the astrolabe (an early instrument used to observe the position and determine the altitude of the sun or other astronomical objects), formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; also called a pantacosm.
The astrolabe was used for navigation during the Middle Ages until the 18th century when it was replaced by the sextant.
cosmolater
Someone who makes use of an instrument resembling the astrolabe (an early instrument used to observe the position and determine the altitude of the sun or other astronomical objects).
cosmolatrist
Anyone who utilizes the instrument resembling the astrolabe (an early instrument used to observe the position and determine the altitude of the sun or other astronomical objects).
cosmolatry
Worship of the world or of the universe.
cosmologic
1. Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and, especially, the characteristics of the universe; such as, space and time and causality.
2. A reference to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin, history, structure, and dynamics of the universe.
cosmological
A reference to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin, history, structure, and dynamics of the universe.