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cosmological

cos·mo·lo·gical

UK/ˌkɒz.məˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ rare

adjective

1.

pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe

  • “cosmologic science”
  • “cosmological redshift”
  • “cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe”
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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

  • “cosmologic philosophy”
  • “a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God”
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Origin

From cosmology + -ical.

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