COSMOLOGICAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

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

Synonyms:

cosmologic; cosmological

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cosmology (the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe)

Derivation:

cosmology (the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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