cosmological
pronunciation
How to pronounce cosmological in British English:
UK [ˌkɒzmə'lɒdʒɪkl]
How to pronounce cosmological in American English:
US [ˌkɒzmə'lɒdʒɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe
- pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality
Word Origin
- cosmological (adj.)
- 1825, from cosmology + -ical.
Example
- 1. Cyclic universe could explain cosmological constant .
- 2. Acclaimed professor and cosmological theorist stephen hawking turns 70 on sunday .
- 3. In plato the two standpoints , the cosmological and the epistemological , are found combined .
- 4. No doubt miffed that he had not trusted his maths in the first place , he later called the cosmological constant his " biggest blunder " .
- 5. In writing lonely hearts of the cosmos overbye could interviewed the living participants in the cosmological quest .