cosmological

cosmological
adjective
1. pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe
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cosmologic science

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cosmological redshift

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cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe

• Pertains to noun: ↑cosmogeny (for: ↑cosmogenic), ↑cosmogony (for: ↑cosmogonical), ↑cosmogony (for: ↑cosmogonic), ↑cosmology, ↑cosmology (for: ↑cosmologic)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cosmogony (for: ↑cosmogonical), ↑cosmogony (for: ↑cosmogonic), ↑cosmology, ↑cosmology (for: ↑cosmologic)
2. 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
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cosmologic philosophy

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a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God

• Syn: ↑cosmologic
• Pertains to noun: ↑cosmology, ↑cosmology (for: ↑cosmologic)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cosmology, ↑cosmology (for: ↑cosmologic)

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