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English Dictionary: cosmic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cosmic
adj
  1. of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe; "cosmic laws"; "cosmic catastrophe"; "cosmic rays"
  2. inconceivably extended in space or time
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cosmic \Cos"mic\ (k?z"m?k), Cosmical \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. [bd]Cosmic ranges of
            time.[b8] --Tyndall.
  
      4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite
            of acronycal.
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