Part 2464

<hw>Cos*mol"a*try</hw> <tt>(k?z-m?l"?-tr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ the world + <?/<?/<?/ to worship.]</ety> <def>Worship paid to the world.</def>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Cosmoline</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos"mo*line</hw> <tt>(k?z"m?-l?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>cosmetic</ets> + L. <ets>ole</ets>um oil.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as <i>vaseline</i>, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.</def>

<h1>Cosmological</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos`mo*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-l?j"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to cosmology.</def>

<h1>Cosmologist</h1> <Xpage=328>

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

<h1>Cosmology</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos*mol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(k?z-m?l"?-j?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ko`smos</grk> the world + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cosmologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Cosmometry</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos*mom"e*try</hw> <tt>(k?z-m?m"?-tr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ko`smos</grk> the world + <ets>-metry</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of measuring the world or the universe.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Cosmoplastic</h1> <Xpage=328>

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

<i>Gudworth.</i>

<h1>Cosmopolitan -pl-t<it>a</it>n, Cosmopolite</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw><hw>Cos`mo*pol"i*tan</hw> <tt>(-p?l"?-t<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <hw>Cos*mop"o*lite</hw> <tt>(k?z-m?p"?-l?t)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/ the world + <?/<?/<?/ citizen, <?/<?/<?/ city: cf. F. <ets>cosmopolitain</ets>, <ets>cosmopolite</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.</def>

<h1>Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolite</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw><hw>Cos`mo*pol"i*tan</hw>, <hw>Cos*mop"o*lite</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.</def>

<blockquote>In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too <b>cosmopolite</b>. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.</def>

<blockquote>The Cheiroptera are <b>cosmopolitan</b>. <i>R. Owen.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cosmopolitanism</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos`mo*pol"i*tan*ism</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-p?l"?-t<it>a</it>n-?z'm)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.</def>

<h1>Cosmopolite</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos*mop"o*lite</hw> <tt>(-m?p"?-l?t)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cosmopolitan</er>.</def>

<h1>Cosmopolitical</h1> <Xpage=328>