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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; <as>as, <ex>cosmic</ex> speed</as>.</def> "<i>Cosmic</i> ranges of time."

<i>Tyndall.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of <i>acronycal</i>.</def>

<h1>Cosmically</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos"mic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With the sun at rising or setting; <as>as, a star is said to rise or set <ex>cosmically</ex> when it rises or sets with the sun</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Universally.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Cosmogonal kz-mg-n<it>a</it>l, Cosmogonic kzm-gnk, Cosmogonical</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw><hw>Cos*mog"o*nal</hw> <tt>(k?z-m?g"?-n<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <hw>Cos`mo*gon"ic</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-g?n"?k)</tt>, <hw>Cos`mo*gon"ic*al</hw> <tt>(-g?n"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to cosmogony.</def>

<i>B. Powell. Gladstone.</i>

<h1>Cosmogonist</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos*mog"o*nist</hw> <tt>(k?z-m?g"?-n?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.</def><-- cosmologist -->

<h1>Cosmogony</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos*mog"o*ny</hw> <tt>(-n?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cosmogonies</plw> <tt>(-n<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <grk>kosmogoni`a</grk>; <grk>ko`smos</grk> the world + root of <grk>gi`gnesthai</grk> to be born: cf. F. <ets>cosmogonie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; <as>as, the poetical <ex>cosmogony</ex> of Hesoid; the <i>cosmogonies</i> of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.</as></def><-- =cosmology -->

<blockquote>The <b>cosmogony</b> or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cosmographer</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos*mog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(-r?-f?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.</def><-- =cosmologist -->

<blockquote>The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient <b>cosmographers</b>. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cosmographic kzm-grfk, Cosmographical</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw><hw>Cos`mo*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-gr?f"?k)</tt>, <hw>Cos`mo*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(-?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cosmographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to cosmography.</def>

<h1>Cosmographically</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos`mo*graph"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography.</def>

<h1>Cosmography</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos*mog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(k?z-m?g"r?-f?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cosmographies</plw> <tt>(-f<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/ the world + <?/<?/<?/ to write: cf. F. <ets>cosmographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.</def>

<h1>Cosmolabe</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos"mo*labe</hw> <tt>(k?z"m?-l?b)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ the world + <?/<?/<?/<?/ to take: cf. F. <ets>cosmolade</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also <altname>pantacosm</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cosmolatry</h1> <Xpage=328>