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trichiliocosm

trichiliocosm noun: a concept in cosmology of a "third-order" universe containing one thousand second-order clusters, which are made of one thousand first-order clusters, which are in turn made of a thousand worlds each. Billion-fold universe.

Noun

trichiliocosm (plural trichiliocosms)

  1. A concept in cosmology of a "third-order" universe containing one thousand second-order clusters, which are made of one thousand first-order clusters, which are in turn made of a thousand worlds each. Billion-fold universe.

Forms of trichiliocosm

pluraltrichiliocosms

Origin of trichiliocosm

From tri- + chilia- + cosmos, partially calquing Sanskrit त्रिसहस्रमहासहस्रलोकधातु (trisahasramahāsahasralokadhātu, literally “three thousand million world element”).

Questions about trichiliocosm

What does trichiliocosm mean?
Trichiliocosm means a concept in cosmology of a "third-order" universe containing one thousand second-order clusters, which are made of one thousand first-order clusters, which are in turn made of a thousand worlds each. Billion-fold universe.
What part of speech is trichiliocosm?
Trichiliocosm is a noun.
What is the plural of trichiliocosm?
The plural of trichiliocosm is trichiliocosms.

Words near trichiliocosm in the dictionary

  1. trichiferous
  2. trichiform
  3. trichilemmal
  4. trichilemmoma
  5. trichilemmomas
  6. trichiliocosm
  7. trichiliocosms
  8. trichimella
  9. trichimellas
  10. trichina
  11. trichinae

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