Cos"mic (k?z"m?k), Cos"mic*al (-m?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos.]

1.

Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.

2.

Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.

3.

Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed.

"Cosmic ranges of time."

Tyndall.

4. Astron.

Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.

 

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