macrocosm

mac·ro·cosm

M0014400 (măk′rə-kŏz′əm)n.1. The entire world; the universe.2. A system reflecting on a large scale one of its component systems or parts.

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[Medieval Latin macrocosmus : Greek makro-, macro- + Greek kosmos, world.]

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mac′ro·cos′mic adj.mac′ro·cos′mic·al·ly adv.

macrocosm

(ˈmækrəˌkɒzəm) n1. a complex structure, such as the universe or society, regarded as an entirety, as opposed to microcosms, which have a similar structure and are contained within it2. any complex entity regarded as a complete system in itself[C16: via French and Latin from Greek makros kosmos great world] ˌmacroˈcosmic adj ˌmacroˈcosmically adv

mac•ro•cosm

(ˈmæk rəˌkɒz əm)

n. the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm). [1590–1600; (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin macrocosmus; see macro-, cosmos] mac`ro•cos′mic, adj. mac`ro•cos′mi•cal•ly, adv.

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Noun

1.

macrocosm - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"cosmos, universe, world, existence, creationnatural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by manextragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the skyclosed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matterestraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmospherenatural order - the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) lawsnature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"

macrocosm

nounThe totality of all existing things:cosmos, creation, nature, universe, world.

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макрокосм