cosmology

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
2. (countable, uncountable) A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.
3. (countable, uncountable) A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.

Conceptes

cosmologia

cosmogonia

Sinònims

cosmogeny

cosmogony

epistemology

metaphysics

ontology

Traduccions

cosmologie

cosmologia

Kosmologie

cosmología

cosmologia

κοσμολογία

kosmologie

cosmogonie

kozmoloji

Cosmogonie

cosmogonia

cosmologie

ruimtekunde

Cosmologia

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -logy.