Kosmos

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of cosmos. alt-of, archaic

    "It [the earth] was in the centre of the Kosmos; it remained stationary because of its equal distance from all parts of the outer revolving spheres; there was no cause determining it to move upward rather than downward or sideways, therefore it remained still. Its exhalations nourished the fire in the peripheral regions of the Kosmos."

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universeallall beingall creationallnessapollo

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"Back in the Soviet Union, the dogs Veterok ("Breeze") and Ugolyok ("Little Lump Of Coal") were launched aboard Kosmos 110 by the Soviet Union on February 22, 1966."

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