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Cosmological

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cos·mol·o·gy  (kz-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.
cosmo·logic (-m-ljk), cosmo·logi·cal adj.
cosmo·logi·cal·ly adv.
cos·molo·gist n.
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Adj.1.cosmological - 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"
cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmologic
2.cosmological - 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"
cosmologic


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