cosmic
pronunciation
How to pronounce cosmic in British English:
UK [ˈkɒzmɪk]
How to pronounce cosmic in American English:
US [ˈkɑːzmɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe
- inconceivably extended in space or time
Word Origin
- cosmic (adj.)
- 1640s, from cosmo- + -ic. Originally "of this world" (which was the sense of Greek kosmikos); meaning "of the universe" is from 1846. Cosmical is attested from 1580s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. This makes them very useful as a tool to measure cosmic distances .
- 2. When measuring cosmic times and distances , very slight errors may creep into the calculations .
- 3. We live amongst 200 billion stars , in the milky way galaxy , a vast cosmic city .
- 4. Smack in the middle of the cosmic dark ages , the first stars are born .
- 5. Miller and lewis , in the discussion below , worked together with a synthesizer to translate the cosmic patterns for human ears .