Part 584

Cos`mo*log"ic*al (k?z`m?-l?j"?-kal), a. Of or pertaining to cosmology.

Cos*mol"o*gist (k?z-m?l"?-j?st), n. One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.

Cos*mol"o*gy (k&obreve;z*m&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + - logy: cf. F. cosmologie.] The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

Cos*mom"e*try (k?z-m?m"?-tr?), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + -metry.] The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount.

Cos`mo*plas"tic (k?z`m?-pl?s"t?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos the world + pla`ssein to form.] Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. "Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms." Gudworth.

{ Cos`mo*pol"i*tan (-p?l"?-tan), Cos*mop"o*lite (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), } n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;; ko`smos the world + &?;&?;&?; citizen, &?;&?;&?; city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

{ Cos`mo*pol"i*tan, Cos*mop"o*lite, } a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.

In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.

The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen.

Cos`mo*pol"i*tan*ism (k?z`m?-p?l"?-tan-?z'm), n. The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.

Cos*mop"o*lite (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n. See Cosmopolitan.

Cos`mo*po*lit"ic*al (k?z`m?-p?-l?t"?-kal), a. Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.

Cos*mop"o*li*tism (k?z-m?p"?-l?-t?z'm), n. The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

Cos`mo*ra"ma (k?z`m?-r?"m? or -r?"m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos the world + &?;&?;&?; a sight, spectacle, fr. &?;&?;&?; to see.] An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.

Cos`mo*ram"ic (k&obreve;z`m&osl;*răm"&ibreve;k), a. Of or pertaining to a cosmorama.

||Cos"mos (k&obreve;z"m&obreve;s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr. šad to distinguish one's self.]

1. The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

2. The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony. Humboldt.

Cos"mo*sphere (k&obreve;z"m?-sf?r), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + E. sphere.] An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.

Cos"mo*the`ism (k?z"m?-th?`?z'm), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + &?;&?;&?; god.] Same as Pantheism. [R.]

Cos`mo*thet"ic (k?z`m?-th?t"?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos universe + &?;&?;&?; to place or arrange.] (Metaph.) Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.

Cosmothetic idealists (Metaph.), those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of external objects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance.

The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

Co*sov"er*eign (k?-s?v"?r-?n or k?-s?v"-), n. A joint sovereign.

Coss (k&obreve;s), n. [Cf. Pers. kōs a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. krōša.] A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.

Coss, n. [It. cosa.] A thing (only in phrase below).

Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.]