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<hw>Cos`mo*po*lit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-p?-l?t"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the character of a cosmopolite.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hackluyt.</i>

<h1>Cosmopolitism</h1> <Xpage=328>

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

<h1>Cosmorama</h1> <Xpage=328>

<hw>Cos`mo*ra"ma</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-r?"m? &or; -r?"m?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ the world + <?/<?/<?/ a sight, spectacle, fr. <?/<?/<?/ to see.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

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<h1>Cosmoramic</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos`mo*ram"ic</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-r?m"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a cosmorama.</def>

<h1>Cosmos</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos"mos</hw> <tt>(k?z"m?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ko`smos</grk> order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr. <ets><?/ad</ets> to distinguish one's self.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony.</def>

<i>Humboldt.</i>

<h1>Cosmosphere</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos"mo*sphere</hw> <tt>(k?z"m?-sf?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ the world + E. <ets>sphere</ets>.]</ety> <def>An apparattus 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.</def>

<h1>Cosmotheism</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos"mo*the`ism</hw> <tt>(k?z"m?-th?`?z'm)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ the world + <?/<?/<?/ god.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Pantheism</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cosmothetic</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos`mo*thet"ic</hw> <tt>(k?z`m?-th?t"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ universe + <?/<?/<?/ to place or arrange.]</ety> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.</def>

<cs><col>Cosmothetic idealists</col> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>The <b>cosmothetic idealists</b> . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cosovereign</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Co*sov"er*eign</hw> <tt>(k?-s?v"?r-?n &or; k?-s?v"-)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A joint sovereign.</def>

<h1>Coss</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Coss</hw> <tt>(k?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Pers. <ets>k<?/s</ets> a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. <ets>kr<?/<?/a</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.</def>

<i>Whitworth.</i>

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