cos·mol·o·gy (k z-ml  -j )n. pl. cos·mol·o·gies 1. The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space. 2. a. The astrophysical study of the history, structure, and constituent dynamics of the universe. b. A specific theory or model of this structure and these dynamics. cos  mo·logic (-m-lj k), cosmo·logi·cal adj.cos mo·logi·cal·ly adv.cos·mol o·gist n. |
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| Adj. | 1. | cosmologic - pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe; "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe" |
| 2. | cosmologic - 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; "cosmologic philosophy"; "a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God" |
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