Definition of cosmology in English:

noun

• 1The science of the origin and development of the universe. Modern cosmology is dominated by the Big Bang theory, which brings together observational astronomy and particle physics.

  Example sentences

  • ‘The fields that have continued to amaze are astronomy and cosmology, which are obviously healthy.’
  • ‘The big bang theory of cosmology asserts that the universe was once a very small and very hot soup of energetic subatomic particles.’
  • ‘Is it necessary for humans to create stars in a laboratory in order for us to develop a science of cosmology?’
  • ‘In the last half of the twentieth century, astronomers made enormous progress in understanding cosmology.’
  • ‘According to modern cosmology, the entire universe is an evolutionary system.’
  • ‘The question Nagel mentions of systems far from equilibrium arises frequently in particle physics and cosmology.’
  • ‘He does work on cosmology and astronomy, and he wondered how he would explain what the applications of this work were.’
  • ‘We have come to realize, through developments in astronomy and cosmology, that we are still quite near the beginning.’
  • ‘All of modern cosmology, including the theory of the expanding universe, rests on that assumption.’
  • ‘This comment also applies to cosmology, astronomy, aspects of biology and in fact much scientific and medical experimentation.’
  • ‘It focuses on cosmology and astronomy, and on Earth's place in the universe.’
  • ‘For two decades the idea that matter is made up of tiny strings, rather than point-like particles, has dominated cosmology.’
  • ‘Compared to physics and astronomy, cosmology is a young science.’
  • ‘Only after such a transformation could modern physics and cosmology became accessible to the public.’
  • ‘When I began research, the two areas that seemed exciting were cosmology and elementary particle physics.’
  • ‘In turn, that led to the birth of a whole new science, cosmology, that gave us most of our modern ideas of the creation of the universe itself.’
  • ‘He is phenomenally interested in modern cosmology, physics, neuroscience and psychology.’
  • ‘The intersection between cosmology and particle physics us likely to remain an exciting area of science for many years to come.’
  • ‘Astronomy and cosmology have made the universe smaller and vaster than ever before, but where does humanity fit in?’
  • ‘The Hubble Deep Field images have made some of the greatest impacts on observational cosmology so far.’

  1. 1.1count noun An account or theory of the origin of the universe.
     Example sentences

     • ‘She clearly resists any notion of an unbroken, essentialised African lineage, seeing such traditions as a variable intermixing of older cosmologies and newer spiritual conceptions.’
     • ‘Many of the physical theories and cosmologies of the Greeks read like rational revisions of the early myths.’
     • ‘In this respect it differs greatly from all other cosmologies which either rely on a conventionally obtained body of physics or have not yet succeeded in drawing conclusions of local interest from the cosmological principle.’
     • ‘Alternative cosmologies try to account for these perturbations in different ways.’
     • ‘Alternate interpretations are not even hinted at, despite many flaws in conventional big bang cosmology.’
     • ‘There would be different cosmologies for different parts of the universe!’
     • ‘They're both radically different cosmologies.’
     • ‘Several creationists have proposed galactocentric cosmologies.’
     • ‘This solves some of the so called classical problems of the Big Bang cosmology.’
     • ‘Is there a prevailing view within creationism concerning the issue of distant starlight and time, or are there several creationist cosmologies that are considered viable possibilities?’
     • ‘The human body occupies an ambiguous, even a paradoxical role in cultural categorizations - from the cosmologies of the archaic societies to the concepts and practices of modern Western civilization.’
     • ‘At Rome Galileo argued his astronomy against Aristotelian cosmology in various places and before various groups.’
     • ‘Reflecting older cosmologies, evolutionist schemes in anthropology differed markedly from biology in positing universal stages through which cultures pass, and into which extant cultures can be placed.’
     • ‘In the lead essay, he seeks a common structure and shared tradition that underlies the various cosmologies.’
     • ‘It was not Einstein but Friedmann who developed the mathematical models of an expanding Universe, which form the basis of the modern Big Bang cosmology.’
     • ‘Nonetheless, many powerful lineages managed to retain power through political maneuvers and by maintaining a monopoly on spiritual practices centrally associated in local cosmologies with agriculture and fertility.’
     • ‘The layered heavens, angels, archangels and demons, and continual recycling of souls are very similar to the Wheel of Karma and other similar cosmologies of Buddhist and Hindu belief.’
     • ‘If human cosmologies do not become attuned to the need to preserve our terrestrial habitat, humanity will sooner or later run out of future.’
     • ‘The key ethnographic chapters deal with cosmologies, the idea and practice of sacrifice, and the power of ritual speech, in the context of this ‘translation’ project.’
     • ‘What mysterious psychological law would have caused them to both use the umbrella as a sign of royalty, to invent the same games, imagine similar cosmologies, and attribute the same colors to the different directions?’