{ Cos*mog"o*nal (k?z-m?g"?-nal), Cos`mo*gon"ic (k?z`m?-g?n"?k), Cos`mo*gon"ic*al (-g?n"?-kal), } a. Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell. Gladstone.
Cos*mog"o*nist (k?z-m?g"?-n?st), n. One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.
Cos*mog"o*ny (-n?), n.; pl. Cosmogonies (-n&?;z). [Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.
The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages.
Goldsmith.
Cos*mog"ra*pher (-r?-f?r), n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.
The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
{ Cos`mo*graph"ic (k?z`m?-gr?f"?k), Cos`mo*graph"ic*al (-?-kal), } a. [Cf. F. cosmographique.] Of or pertaining to cosmography.
Cos`mo*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography.
Cos*mog"ra*phy (k?z-m?g"r?-f?), n.; pl. Cosmographies (-f&?;z). [Gr. &?;&?;&?;; &?;&?;&?; the world + &?;&?;&?; to write: cf. F. cosmographie.] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.
Cos"mo*labe (k?z"m?-l?b), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; the world + &?;&?;&?;&?; to take: cf. F. cosmolade.] An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; - - called also pantacosm.
Cos*mol"a*try (k?z-m?l"?-tr?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; the world + &?;&?;&?; to worship.] Worship paid to the world. Cudworth.
Cos"mo*line (k?z"m?-l?n), n. [Prob. fr. cosmetic + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
Cos`mo*log"ic*al (k?z`m?-l?j"?-kal), a. Of or pertaining to cosmology.
Cos*mol"o*gist (k?z-m?l"?-j?st), n. One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.
Cos*mol"o*gy (k&obreve;z*m&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + - logy: cf. F. cosmologie.] The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.
Cos*mom"e*try (k?z-m?m"?-tr?), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + -metry.] The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount.
Cos`mo*plas"tic (k?z`m?-pl?s"t?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos the world + pla`ssein to form.] Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. "Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms." Gudworth.
{ Cos`mo*pol"i*tan (-p?l"?-tan), Cos*mop"o*lite (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), } n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;; ko`smos the world + &?;&?;&?; citizen, &?;&?;&?; city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
{ Cos`mo*pol"i*tan, Cos*mop"o*lite, } a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.
In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite.
Sir W. Hamilton.