Cosmical

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the
        earth alone.
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     3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably
        great; vast; as, cosmic speed. "Cosmic ranges of time."
        --Tyndall.
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     4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite
        of {acronycal}.
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     5. of unsurpassed size, extent, or significance; vast; as, of
        cosmic proportions; of cosmic importance.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "cosmical":
     Gargantuan, amplitudinous, astronomical, awesome, boundless, bulky,
     colossal, cosmic, cosmogonal, cosmogonic, cosmologic, enormous,
     extensive, galactic, gigantic, huge, immeasurable, immense,
     infinite, king-size, large, mammoth, massive, massy, monster,
     monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, overgrown, prodigious,
     sizable, spacious, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, universal,
     vast, voluminous, weighty