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COSMOLOGICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
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
Example:
a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God
Synonyms:
cosmologic; cosmological
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe
Example:
cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe
Synonyms:
cosmogenic; cosmogonic; cosmogonical; cosmologic; cosmological
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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)
