cosmic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe
    • cosmic laws
    • cosmic catastrophe
    • cosmic rays
  2. adjective satellite inconceivably extended in space or time

WordNet

Cos"mic, Cos"mic*al adjective (Also<
  • Cosmic
  • Cosmical
)
Etymology
Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913