cosmos: Meaning and Definition of

cos•mos

1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system.
3. order; harmony.
4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical America, some species of which, as C. bipannatus and C. sulphureus, are cultivated for their showy ray flowers.
5. (cap.)one of a long series of Soviet satellites that have been launched into orbit around the earth.