Cosmos (disambiguation)
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Cosmos
generally refers to an orderly or harmonious system, and is used as a synonym
for Universe
when emphasizing that the universe is governed by an orderly system of physical law
s; this usage originated with the philosopher Pythagoras
in the 6th century BCE.
Cosmos or Kosmos may also refer to:
Cosmos
In the general sense, a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from the Greek term κόσμος , meaning "order" or "ornament" and is antithetical to the concept of chaos. Today, the word is generally used as a synonym of the word Universe . The word cosmos originates from the same root...
generally refers to an orderly or harmonious system, and is used as a synonym
Synonym
Synonyms are different words with almost identical or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma . The words car and automobile are synonyms...
for Universe
Universe
The Universe is commonly defined as the totality of everything that exists, including all matter and energy, the planets, stars, galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space. Definitions and usage vary and similar terms include the cosmos, the world and nature...
when emphasizing that the universe is governed by an orderly system of physical law
Physical law
A physical law or scientific law is "a theoretical principle deduced from particular facts, applicable to a defined group or class of phenomena, and expressible by the statement that a particular phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions be present." Physical laws are typically conclusions...
s; this usage originated with the philosopher Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him...
in the 6th century BCE.
Cosmos or Kosmos may also refer to:
Astronomy
- Kosmos (satellite), a series of Soviet/Russian satellites
- Kosmos (rocket family)Kosmos (rocket family)The Kosmos rockets are a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles, the most well known of which is the Kosmos-3M, which has made over 440 launches, and is still in service...
, a series of Soviet/Russian rockets - Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS), a Hubble Space Telescope Treasury Project
- Cosmos 1Cosmos 1Cosmos 1 was a project by Cosmos Studios and The Planetary Society to test a solar sail in space. As part of the project, an unmanned solar sail spacecraft christened Cosmos 1 was launched into space at 15:46:09 EDT on June 21, 2005 from the submarine Borisoglebsk in the Barents Sea...
, a privately-funded solar sail spacecraft project
Companies
- A/S KosmosA/S KosmosA/S Kosmos was a shipping and industrial company from Sandefjord.It was founded in 1928 by Anders Jahre, Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. and Anton Barth von der Lippe as Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S...
, a Norwegian shipping company - Kosmos AirlinesKosmos AirlinesKosmos Airlines is a Russian airline founded in 1995.-History:Kosmos Airlines was founded in 1995 as Kosmos Aviakompania. In 2001 it was renamed to Kosmos Airlines....
, a Russian airline - Kosmos (publisher), a publisher of books, toys and games
- Cosmos, a coachCoach (vehicle)A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...
company, part of Globus family of brandsGlobus family of brandsThe Globus family of brands is a worldwide group of escorted tour, river cruise and independent travel package companies, including the brands Globus, Cosmos, Avalon Waterways and Monograms.-Historic Timeline:...
Computing
- Cosmos (operating system)Cosmos (operating system)Cosmos is an open source operating system written in C#. It also encompasses a compiler for converting Common Intermediate Language bytecode into native instructions. The operating system is compiled together with a user program and associated libraries using IL2CPU to create a bootable...
- COSMOS (telecommunications)COSMOS (Telecommunications)COSMOS was a record-keeping system for Main Distribution Frames in the Bell System. COSMOS was introduced in the 1970s after MDFs were found to be congested in large urban telephone exchanges. It assigns terminals so jumpers need not be so long, thus leaving more space on the shelves...
, a distribution frame record-keeping system - COS/MOS, a family of integrated circuits
- CoSMoSCoSMoSis a UK funded research project seeking do build capacity in generic modelling tools and simulation techniques for complex systems. Its acronym stands for Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation....
, a genetic modelling research project - COSMOS, a molecular modellingMolecular modellingMolecular modelling encompasses all theoretical methods and computational techniques used to model or mimic the behaviour of molecules. The techniques are used in the fields of computational chemistry, computational biology and materials science for studying molecular systems ranging from small...
software package - Cosmos, developer of a database based on the Pick operating systemPick operating systemThe Pick operating system is a demand-paged, multiuser, virtual memory, time-sharing operating system based around a unique "multivalued" database. Pick is used primarily for business data processing...
Nonfiction media
- Cosmos: A Personal VoyageCosmos: A Personal VoyageCosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter. It was executive-produced by Adrian Malone, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles and Gregory Andorfer, and directed by the producers, David...
, a 13-part documentary television series presented by Carl Sagan - Cosmos (book)Cosmos (book)Cosmos is a popular science book by astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan. Its 13 illustrated chapters, corresponding to the 13 episodes of the Cosmos TV series on which the book was based, explore the mutual development of science and civilization...
, a book by Carl Sagan based on the documentary series - Cosmos (magazine)Cosmos (magazine)Cosmos is an Australian popular science magazine that is published six times a year. It is subtitled "the science of everything" and is described as "a magazine of ideas, science, society and the future"....
, an Australian popular science magazine - Kosmos (Humboldt)Kosmos (Humboldt)Kosmos was an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Kosmos began as a lecture series delivered by Humboldt at the University of Berlin, and was published in five volumes between 1845 and 1862...
, a scientific treatise by Alexander von Humboldt - Cosmos: A Journal of Emerging Issues, an annual essay collection published by the Cosmos ClubCosmos ClubThe Cosmos Club is a private social club in Washington, D.C., founded by John Wesley Powell in 1878. In addition to Powell, original members included Clarence Edward Dutton, Henry Smith Pritchett, William Harkness, and John Shaw Billings. Among its stated goals is "The advancement of its members in...
- The Kosmos Trilogy, a series of philosophy books by Ken WilberKen WilberKenneth Earl Wilber II is an American author who has written about mysticism, philosophy, ecology, and developmental psychology. His work formulates what he calls Integral Theory. In 1998, he founded the Integral Institute, for teaching and applications of Integral theory.-Biography:Ken Wilber was...
Fictional uses
- Cosmos (film)Cosmos (film)Cosmos is a 2010 Turkish-Bulgarian drama film, written and directed by Reha Erdem, starring Sermet Yeşil as a thief and a miracle-worker who is welcomed into a tiny, snowbound border village after resuscitating a half-drowned boy who...
, a 2010 Turkish film - COSMOS (Spriggan)
- Cosmos (Transformers)Cosmos (Transformers)Cosmos is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. He is sometimes referred to as "Autobot Cosmos" for trademark purposes.Wired Magazine once nominated him as one of the 12 most ridiculous Transformers of all time....
- KOS-MOS, a Xenosaga character
- Kosmos (Marvel Comics)Kosmos (Marvel Comics)Kosmos is a character in the Marvel Comics universe, a fusion of the Beyonder and Molecule Man, who are apparently parts of a Cosmic Cube, and cared for by Kubik....
- Kosmos (novel)Kosmos (novel)Kosmos is a 1965 novel by the Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. The narrative revolves around two young men who seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings...
, by Witold Gombrowicz - Sailor Cosmos, a Sailor Moon character
- Ultraman CosmosUltraman Cosmosis a Japanese tokusatsu TV show being the 17th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Cosmos was aired between July 7, 2001 to September 28, 2002, with a total of 65 episodes, which currently makes it the longest running Ultra Show to date.In June 2002, Cosmos was...
, a Japanese TV series - "Cosmos," a character and deity in the video game Dissidia Final Fantasy
- "Cosmos," an 18-part short story published in The Time TravellerThe Time Traveller (fanzine)The Time Traveller was one of the earliest science fiction fanzines, started in 1932. It grew out of a New York City fan club called the Scienceers and was started by Mort Weisinger, Julius Schwartz, Allen Glasser, and Forrest J Ackerman...
Music
- Cosmos (band)Cosmos (band)Cosmos is a Latvian a cappella band that formed in Riga in 2002. Since its inception, the band has comprised singers Jānis Šipkēvics, Andris Sējāns , Juris Lisenko , Jānis Ozols , Jānis Strazdiņš and Reinis Sējāns .Cosmos gained national and international recognition after they were chosen to...
, a Latvian a capella band - Cosmos (Buck-Tick album)Cosmos (Buck-Tick album)Cosmos is the ninth album by Buck-Tick, released on June 21, 1996. It reached number six on the Oricon chart. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with two bonus tracks. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007...
- Cosmos (The Send album)
- Cosmos (McCoy Tyner album)Cosmos (McCoy Tyner album)Cosmos is a double LP by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label in August 1977. It contains material recorded in November 1968, April 1969 and July 1970 and features two trio performances by Tyner with Herbie Lewis, and Freddie Waits a larger group featuring Harold Vick, Al...
- K.O.S.M.O.S, an album by Valensia
- KosmosKosmos (album)K.O.S.M.O.S is a 1996 album by Dutch singer Valensia. It was the first Dutch Surround Sound CD ever made, and also the most expensive Dutch album ever produced.-Track listing:# "The Barely Acceptable Truth Of Knowing "...
, an album by Isao TomitaIsao Tomita, often known simply as Tomita, is a Japanese music composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements... - Cosmos, a Japanese jazz fusion group featuring Keiko Doi
- Cosmos, a Japanese music duo featuring Sachiko M and Ami YoshidaAmi YoshidaAmi Yoshida is a Japanese musician.Yoshida does not play instruments, instead making her music with her own voice. Rather than conventional singing she makes a variety of vocalisations of such a nature that it is often hard to tell that the sounds are being produced by a voice at all. These sounds...
- Cosmos, a house music project of DJ Tom MiddletonTom MiddletonTom Middleton is a prolific British recording artist, music producer, remixer and DJ.A classically trained pianist and cellist, Middleton worked in the early 1990s with Richard D. James , co-producing "En-Trance To Exit" on the Analogue Bubblebath EP for Exeter's influential Mighty Force Records...
Sport
- New York CosmosNew York CosmosThe New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York City, New York and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, where it remained for the rest of its history...
, an American soccer club based in New York City - Jomo CosmosJomo CosmosJomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....
, a South African football club based in Johannesburg - OR Tambo CosmosOR Tambo CosmosOR Tambo Cosmos is a South African football club from Mthatha, Eastern Cape that participates in the Vodacom League.-External links:**...
, a South African football club based in Mthatha - S.S. CosmosS.S. CosmosS.S. Cosmos is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Serravalle and founded in 1979. Cosmos currently plays in Girone A of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio...
, a Sanmarinese football club
Other uses
- COSMOS cohort studyCOSMOS cohort studyCOSMOS is a cohort study of mobile phone use and health. The study will investigate the possible health effects of long term mobile phone use. It is an international survey being conducted in five European countries – UK, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands...
, a medical investigation of mobile phoneMobile phoneA mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
health risks. - Cosmos (plant)
- Atari CosmosAtari CosmosThe Atari Cosmos was an unreleased product by Atari Inc. for the handheld/tabletop video game system market that uses holography to improve the display. It is similar to other small video games of the era that used a simple LED-based display, but superimposes a two-layer holographic image over the...
, a game system - USC&GS CosmosUSC&GS CosmosUSC&GS Cosmos was a survey launch in service in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1887 to 1927.Cosmos was built in 1887 by the Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California. She entered service with the Coast and Geodetic Survey that year...
, a survey ship - California State Summer School for Mathematics and ScienceCalifornia State Summer School for Mathematics and ScienceThe California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science is a summer program for high school students in California for the purpose of preparing them for careers in mathematics and sciences. It is often abbreviated COSMOS, although COSMOS does not contain the correct letters to create an...