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[koz-mik]

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adjective

of or pertaining to the cosmos: cosmic laws.

characteristic of the cosmos or its phenomena: cosmic events.

immeasurably extended in time and space; vast.

forming a part of the material universe, especially outside of the earth.

Also, cos·mi·cal.

Origin:
1640–50; < Greek kosmikós worldly, universal, equivalent to kósm(os) world, arrangement + -ikos -ic

Related forms

cos·mi·cal·i·ty

[koz-mi-kal-i-tee] , noun

cos·mi·cal·ly, adverb

in·ter·cos·mic, adjective

non·cos·mic, adjective

non·cos·mi·cal·ly, adverb

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pre·cos·mic, adjective

pre·cos·mi·cal, adjective

pre·cos·mi·cal·ly, adverb

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Synonyms
3. immense, enormous, stupendous.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Example Sentences

But the cosmic forces seemed to be pushing me into this decision.

As a result, should one be seen, scientists should be able to trace its path back to the distant cosmic event that spawned it.

Now that you know the basics of the seasons, see if you can identify the four days of the astronomical calendar on our cosmic map.

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But the cosmic forces seemed to be pushing me into this decision.

As a result, should one be seen, scientists should be able to trace its path back to the distant cosmic event that spawned it.

Now that you know the basics of the seasons, see if you can identify the four days of the astronomical calendar on our cosmic map.

Space fans can today play a cosmic slot machine to help astronomers understand the biggest pile-ups in the universe.

Plus, being exposed to cosmic radiation for years and years and years cannot be a good lifestyle choice.

The confirmed origin of ordinary cosmic rays may need to be unconfirmed.

The academic sort of is neither brilliant nor cosmic.

On the cosmic scale, there is nothing special about our planet after all.

Details of the big bang are obscured by billions of years of cosmic history.

Planck mission promises to pierce inflation and other cosmic secrets.

Cosmic x rays shone on the delicate mirrors of the precious telescope for the first time.

Astronomers have witnessed a cosmic explosion so strange they don't even know what to call it.

To traffic in a cosmic economy of blessings and curses is to revert to an ancient prejudice.

High-energy neutrinos, of the sort created in cosmic calamities such as supernovae, result in high-energy muons.

Herschel views deep-space pearls on a cosmic string.

All wait to begin peeking at the cosmic wonders emerging slowly overhead.

Cosmic radiation has been known to wreak havoc on the chips in electronic components.

Cosmic justice is neither legal or social justice: it's fantasy justice.

Radio waves exist in nature, from sound and light to cosmic rays in space.

We asked a number of physicists for their reaction to the announcement of neutrinos breaking the cosmic speed limit.

But she is also a cosmic force, addressing the creation and destruction of worlds.

Scientists have long been stumped about the origins of high-energy cosmic rays.

Protecting the environment and liberation of animals in harm's way is the cosmic responsibility of every human.

Some particle physicists also invoke dark matter as a possible explanation for so-called ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

Formation of protostars from hydrogen gas ended cosmic dark ages.

All have to do with origins–personal, species, cosmic.

Hot spots left over from this monstrous cosmic blast gave scientists clues about the development of the universe.

The idea of balancing some cosmic scale, of restoring the moral order to equilibrium, is deeply appealing.

But in between is a poorly studied cosmic mesoscale.

If the two turn out to be different, it will point towards the nature of the mysterious cosmic asymmetry.

The study of cosmic evolution concerns and affects the study and comprehension of each and every subject in the universe.

As a result, scientists are forced to search far and wide for smaller chunks of cosmic ice and rock.

Only this year have instruments become sensitive enough to detect cosmic sources unequivocally.

The raw imagery is in fact filled with noise from cosmic rays piercing the camera and several other unattractive artifacts.

They are created alongside cosmic rays but fly straight.

Astronauts could reach the red planet inside asteroids, which would shield crews from damaging cosmic rays, a new study says.

My standard of beauty comes from the beauty of the cosmic world in the infinity.

The important point is that modern science does not enforce the view that life and mind are cosmic accidents.

Galaxies in such groups often interact and even merge together in a dynamic cosmic dance of interacting gravity.

Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.

Some, however, are the result of collisions between cosmic rays and the gases of the upper.

In that case, cosmic rays must be the poor man's particle accelerator.

Each of these cosmic messengers might herald extraterrestrial life.

First detailed mapping of high-energy cosmic rays points to galactic black holes as their source.

Archaeologists use a cosmic isotope to determine how old things are.

Recently one hypothesis suggested that cosmic rays from the sun could be responsible for significant warming.

The only reason that there is a cosmic microwave background rather than a cosmic orange background is redshift.

Some were exposed to low-level cosmic radiation, and others to both cosmic and unfiltered solar radiation.

To screen out the confounding effects of cosmic rays, though, such experiments are best located.

Signs of this cosmic beating are also found closer to home.

IceCube's task is to watch for energetic neutrinos emanating from violent cosmic events such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts.

All that gas could have turned into hundreds of millions of stars if the cosmic volcano had given it a.

Both are sustainable on cosmic timescales but releasing the latter will be more of a short-term problem for humanity.

Most cosmic crashes involve two galaxies of similar size or smaller galaxies coalescing into a larger one.

Cosmic expansion may leave astronomers of the far future with no hint of the big bang that started it.

Its optics are coated with nanothin layers of proprietary materials that help guide every cosmic photon into your eye or camera.

Along the way the astronauts would be bombarded by cosmic radiation and risk being baked by unpredictable solar flares.

Further experiments seem likely to reveal the true source of this cosmic electron anomaly.

Maybe cosmic acceleration isn't caused by dark energy after all but by an inexorable leakage of gravity out of our world.

Ra would spend the rest of his career making eccentric music-featuring lots of cosmic noodling-to save humanity.

The cosmic problem with relying on cameras is that it detracts from real policing--prevention and interdiction.

Cosmic inflation may have left a telltale imprint on the universe that could be detected in.

Other theories, including some kind of cosmic collision, remain possible.

It is a matter of cosmic outlook: how a nation views and treats its members compared to others in the universe.

And at the crossroads, where multiple filaments converge, are clusters of galaxies: the cosmic megacities.

The merging process can take less than a billion years, a relatively short period in cosmic terms.

The cosmic missile, with a head perhaps a few miles.

The portion in which they hijack a spaceship, are exposed to cosmic rays and transform is well-known.

It is a farce of cosmic scale, only no one seems to be laughing.

To prevent interference by cosmic rays, the bolometer is sheathed in lead and kept underground, under half a mile of rock.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion.

Scientists believe our cosmic neighbourhood may be teeming with hundreds more dark galaxies that have not yet been discovered.

Cosmic inflation is so widely accepted that it is often taken as established fact.

Both telescopes observed the cosmic microwave background radiation, the remnant glow of the big bang.

Hot dust causing the cosmic microwave background is an interesting thought, but it is unlikely to be true.

These cosmic explosions proved to be rather different from the man-made explosions that the satellites were designed to detect.

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World English Dictionary

cosmic (ˈkɒzmɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to the whole universe: cosmic laws
2.	occurring or originating in outer space, esp as opposed to the vicinity of the earth, the solar system, or the local galaxy: cosmic rays
3.	immeasurably extended in space or time; vast
4.	rare harmonious

'cosmically

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

cosmic

1640s; see cosmos. Originally "of this world;" sense of "of the universe" is from 1874.

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Science Dictionary

cosmic (kŏz'mĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to the universe or the objects in it.

Slang Dictionary

cosmic definition

mod.
excellent; powerful. : This pizza is absolutely cosmic!

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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