Description: 宇宙（cosmos）一詞蘊含著萬物的宏大，有著深厚的哲學淵源。雖然宇宙一詞與 "宇宙"（Universe）同義，但二者有細微的差別。宇宙源於希臘語 kosmos，大致意味著和諧或秩序，是一個包羅萬象的術語，指一個系統的有序排列，而“Universe”是其中的一部分。不過，也可以說“Universe"本身就是一個有序的系統，因此也可以被稱為"cosmos"。由於有序系統在某種程度上可以用物理定律來描述，因此 "cosmos "一詞可以延伸為可以用物理定律來解釋的世界這一概念。

Related Terms:

• 宇宙學
• 宇宙

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