Cos*mol"o*gy (k&obreve;z*m&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;), 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.