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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cosmology \Cos*mol"o*gy\ (k[o^]z*m[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + -logy: cf F. cosmologie.] The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cosmology n 1: the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe 2: the branch of astrophysics that studies the origins and structure of the universe [syn: {cosmogony}]
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