Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Cosm
English answer:
cosm: artificial ecosystem
Added to glossary by
Sara Mullin
Jan 19, 2008 13:22
16 yrs ago
English term
Cosm
English
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
I'm proofreading a scientific paper that's about rearing snails in microcosms to study the effect that pesticides have on them. Usually, the author uses the word "microcosm" but in a few cases, she only writes "cosm" as in "The two assays, which were carried out in both laboratory and *cosm* conditions, yielded quite similar results."
My question is this, does the word "cosm" actually exist?? I cannot find it anywhere, so I'm 99% sure that it should be "microcosm" instead of just "cosm", but I'd like to ask the translating community, just to make triple sure.
My question is this, does the word "cosm" actually exist?? I cannot find it anywhere, so I'm 99% sure that it should be "microcosm" instead of just "cosm", but I'd like to ask the translating community, just to make triple sure.
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1 +1 | cosm: artificial ecosystem |
Helen Genevier
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4 | universe > |
Maria Chmelarova
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cosm: artificial ecosystem
I am not familiar with the term, but have found it in a dictionary and used in the same way in one Ghit.
"cosms :
Artificial ecosystems of various levels of complexity and scale. See also macrocosm; mesocosm; microcosm. [P.C.]"
Found this from The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management, Blackwell Science via http://www.xreferplus.com/
Used mant times in this ref: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/enviro/report...
Here are a couple of examples:
"Problems with cosm experiments"
"Cosms are simple communities that might be as large as a pond,
or as small as an aquarium or a dish. As a generalization, cosms in containers in a laboratory yield results that are variable and difficult to interpret, making them difficult for toxicity validation"
"Perhaps the best correspondence between lab and cosm was obtained by Larsen"
"cosms :
Artificial ecosystems of various levels of complexity and scale. See also macrocosm; mesocosm; microcosm. [P.C.]"
Found this from The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management, Blackwell Science via http://www.xreferplus.com/
Used mant times in this ref: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/enviro/report...
Here are a couple of examples:
"Problems with cosm experiments"
"Cosms are simple communities that might be as large as a pond,
or as small as an aquarium or a dish. As a generalization, cosms in containers in a laboratory yield results that are variable and difficult to interpret, making them difficult for toxicity validation"
"Perhaps the best correspondence between lab and cosm was obtained by Larsen"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Helen."
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universe >
http://www.schoolnotes.com/32541/smitha.html >>scroll down to *AR Book Report vocabulary due Friday, 12/14 #5
or http://itcamefromtheinternet.com > Basic Cells III
or R. Intern. thesaurus: cosm (n.) cosm(o)- universe, also created nature ...depends on ...
or http://itcamefromtheinternet.com > Basic Cells III
or R. Intern. thesaurus: cosm (n.) cosm(o)- universe, also created nature ...depends on ...
Note from asker:
Thank you, Maria. |
Discussion
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPag...
but I'm not sure that its used in quite the same sense. I think in your case it's probably just an informal abbreviation of microcosm.