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COSMIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inconceivably extended in space or time
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
cosmos (everything that exists anywhere)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe
Example:
cosmic rays
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cosmos (everything that exists anywhere)
Derivation:
cosmos (everything that exists anywhere)
Context examples:
The in- and outflow of such a vast cosmic fountain has never before been observed in combination, and has its origin in the innermost 100 000 light-years of the brightest galaxy in the Abell 2597 cluster.
(ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain, ESO)
Many astronomical phenomena can be seen in this giant image, including cosmic dust and gas clouds that reflect, absorb, and re-emit the light of hot young stars within the nebula.
(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)
Secondly, these early discs were much more turbulent than the spiral galaxies we see in our cosmic neighbourhood.
(Dark Matter Less Influential in Galaxies in Early Universe, ESO)
A multinational team of scientists led by Antoine Strugarek of the University of Montreal announced the Sun may not be the cosmic oddball amongst solar-type stars some astronomers believe it to be.
(Sun's mood swings not so strange after all, Wikinews)
This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life and illuminating their surroundings.
(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)
Neutrons are produced as galactic cosmic rays interact with Ceres' surface.
(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)
These cosmic dignitaries include Jupiter (good fortune), Pluto (transformation), and Saturn (long-term security).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The team targeted eight powerful and distant cosmic "streetlights," called quasars (regions around active black holes that emit enormous amounts of light).
(Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Find Dark Matter in Small Clumps, NASA)
ESA's Planck satellite, a mission with significant participation from NASA, has revealed that the first stars in the universe started forming later than previous observations of the cosmic microwave background indicated.
(First Stars Formed Later Than We Thought, NASA)
The spacecraft has also sampled millions of ice-rich dust grains with its cosmic dust analyzer instrument.
(Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust, NASA)
