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COSMOLOGIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cosmologic mean?
• COSMOLOGIC (adjective)
The adjective COSMOLOGIC has 2 senses:
1. pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe
2. pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality
Familiarity information: COSMOLOGIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cosmogenic; cosmogonic; cosmogonical; cosmologic; cosmological
Context example:
cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe
Pertainym:
cosmology (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)
Derivation:
cosmology (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cosmologic; cosmological
Context example:
a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God
Pertainym:
cosmology (the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe)
Derivation:
cosmology (the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe)
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