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cosmology(encyclopedia)
cosmology(dictionary)
Fertile(medicine)
fertile(dictionary)
Fertile(health)
fertile(dictionary)
Fertile Crescent(encyclopedia)
fertile period(medicine)
Fertile Crescent(dictionary)

Fertile Crescent (oh) and cosmology (iou)


Fertile Crescent (oh)



the Fertile Crescent
an area in the Middle East in the shape of a crescent (=a curved shape) from Israel to the Gulf, including the land around the rivers Tigris and Euphrates . Several important ancient civilizations had their homes there, such as the Assyrian and Sumerian civilizations.
-see also babylon
-see also Mesopotamia

cosmology (iou)



cosmology noun. M17.
[French cosmologie or mod. Latin cosmologia, formed as COSMO- + -LOGY.]
The science of the evolution and structure of the universe; a theory or postulated account of this. M17.
S. Weinberg The big bang cosmology. P. Davies The expanding universe is now a cornerstone of cosmology.
The branch of philosophy or metaphysics which deals with the universe as a whole. M18.
cosmologist noun a person who studies cosmology or propounds a cosmology L18.