cosmologically
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9.2
- adverb
- /ˌkɒzməˈlɒdʒɪkli/
- Specialized
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cosmológicamente
- Recent observations show galaxy systems generating magnetic fields and expelling them into intergalactic space on cosmologically short time scales.
- cosmologically speak
Hey, cosmologically, that doesn't sound so far.
- Hey, cosmologically, that doesn't sound so far.
Examples
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When scientists study galaxies, they often analyze their behavior cosmologically to grasp how they fit into the larger cosmos.
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Thus, the study of gravitational lenses can be a tool for the indirect detection of the lensing galaxies, a cosmologically useful probe of the overall density of matter in the universe, and possibly a test for the presence of the dark matter that has been postulated to exist in the universe.
Academic text (1991) -
Same thing when we look out cosmologically, space looks very flat on very large scales.
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The body is not only socially and collectively but also cosmologically constituted.
Academic text (1998) -
These particles are predicted by a variety of theories, but so far none of the cosmologically interesting ones have been detected in the laboratory.
Academic text (1990) -
In short, God is philosophically impossible and scientifically and cosmologically unnecessary.
Academic text (1999) -
In the cosmologically recent past, when the universe was one-tenth its present age, matter accounted for more than 98 percent of the stuff in the universe.
Academic text (2006) -
Although there is no doubt that in many respects the museum functions much like a Western museum, particularly in terms of its site, there are many other aspects of it—such as the careful landscaping that references cosmologically significant directions—that invoke "home" to many Native visitors.
Academic text (2006) -
Cosmologically, 0 is important because it satisfies all requirements for a Big Bang state that represents the universe at its densest moment: the temperature is infinite; there is no spatial extension in that emptiest space; and, based on a measure of entropy, ignorance is maximized.
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The universe's structure can only be understood cosmologically, considering its entire history and development over billions of years.
Synonyms
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7.2
In a way that relates to space or seems very large and important
Surface Forms
Morphology
cosmologically = cosmological (transparent) = cosmology + ical + ly
Formed from 'cosmology' -> 'cosmological' -> 'cosmologically' by regular adjectival and adverbial suffixation, so the meaning is directly derived from the base.
Etymology
Cosmologically comes from the Greek word cosmos, which means the 'ordered universe' or 'world', and from cosmology, the study of that universe. So to look at something cosmologically is to think about it as part of the whole universe — its origin, structure, and history.