See Also: Vital force (bioenergy, cosmic energy, cosmic energy force, cosmic force, cosmic life energy, cosmic(health)
Cosmic Air(tourism)
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cosmic ray(dictionary)
cosmic ray(encyclopedia)
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cosmic rays(medicine)
cosmic radiation(medicine)
Cosmic Air code(tourism)
Cosmic Air flights(tourism)

cosmic (iou)



cosmic adjective. M17.
[from COSMOS noun1 + -IC, after French cosmique (from Greek kosmikos, from kosmos COSMOS noun1).]
Of this world. Only in M17.
Of or pertaining to the universe as an ordered system or totality; universal; immense, infinite. M19.
W. D. Whitney The great cosmic law of gravitation. H. Nicolson The Civil War..as a cosmic clash between strong men and massive principles. C. Sagan A deep and common wish..to have human affairs matter in the cosmic context.
Belonging to the universe as distinguished from the earth; extraterrestrial. L19.
Characteristic of the vast scale of the universe. L19.
J. Tyndall Cosmic ranges of time.
[After Russian kosmicheskiu.] Of or pertaining to travel through space. M20.
Daily Telegraph Cosmic flights.
Special collocations: cosmic dust minute particles of matter in or from space. cosmic string: see STRING noun 18b. cosmic radiation, cosmic rays radiation of great energy (chiefly atomic nuclei) which originates in space and reaches the earth from all directions (also more fully primary cosmic radiation); radiation that this gives rise to in the atmosphere (also more fully secondary cosmic radiation).