Definition of cosmology Cosmology

/kɔzmɔˈlʌʤi/ - [kozmolujee] - cos•mol•o•gy

We found 10 definitions of cosmology from 7 different sources.

What does cosmology mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: cosmologies
cosmology - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
		cosmogony, cosmogeny
		astrophysics the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies
cosmology - the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe
		metaphysics the philosophical study of being and knowing

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Wiktionary

cosmology (Noun)
The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
cosmology (Noun)
A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.
cosmology (Noun)
A particular view cultural or religious of the structure and origin of the universe.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

cosmology (n.)
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

cosmology
The science that studies the origin and the development of the universe.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

cosmology
koz-mol′o-ji, n. the science of the universe as a whole: a treatise on the structure and parts of the system of creation.—adj. Cosmolog′ical.—n. Cosmol′ogist, one versed in cosmology.—adj. Cosmoplas′tic, moulding the universe. [Gr. kosmos, and logia, discourse.]

Wikipedia

Cosmology is the study of "all that is". It is part of both physics and religion, which sometimes compete to explain the same things. Some think that because the creatures creating all the models of our universe and ethical traditions and ideas of divine beings are studied in biology, that cosmology also should be really a part of biology.

However, the dominant idea of scientific cosmology is the mechanistic paradigm which says that there is either an expanding universe or finite universe, and that the laws of physics are predictable in either, due to the geometry it "obeys". It cannot decide to violate these laws, as a living thing might do. Other laws might be possible, but we cannot know about that. In this paradigm, relativity is one of the most important ideas, and models of our universe are not allowed to vary much.

However, this view cannot also explain quantum mechanics. Nor does it take into account cognitive limits which human science says can be important. So some newer theories prefer to say that cosmology is something biological creatures need or want to make our universe seem simpler and more predictable than it really might be. It might be for instance that since we think we can control and predict the machines we create, like clocks, we prefer a controlled and predictable model of the environment we live in. But some think that this is like saying that what is needed to explain a city is good enough to understand ecology in general.

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