Associations to the word «Cosmological»

COSMOLOGICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to cosmology, or to the overall structure of the universe

COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, noun. (theology) (philosophy) A type of argument for the existence of God, arguing that since every thing and event has a cause, there must be an uncaused first cause.

COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS, noun. Plural of cosmological argument

COSMOLOGICAL CITIES, noun. Plural of cosmological city

COSMOLOGICAL CITY, noun. Any city whose design is intended to reflect that of the cosmos

COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT, proper noun. (physics) A term added by Albert Einstein to his equations of general relativity in order to account for a supposed static universe.

COSMOLOGICAL DECADE, noun. (astronomy) Any of several divisions in the life of the universe on a logarithmic scale

COSMOLOGICAL HORIZON, noun. (astronomy) The distance from an observer in a universe beyond which it is impossible for the observer to see, as the light (or other luminal particles) cannot have travelled that distance over the current age of that universe.

COSMOLOGICAL HORIZONS, noun. Plural of cosmological horizon

COSMOLOGICAL NATURAL SELECTION, noun. A hypothetical alternative to the anthropic principle that attempts to explain the complexity of the universe

COSMOLOGICAL PERTURBATION THEORY, noun. (astronomy) A mathematical theory that attempts to describe the evolution of the constituents of the universe following the Big Bang

COSMOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE, noun. (astronomy) The assumption that the universe, on a large enough scale, is homogeneous and isotropic.

COSMOLOGICAL REDSHIFT, noun. (astronomy) That part of any redshift that is accounted for by the expansion of spacetime following the Big Bang

COSMOLOGICAL SCALE, noun. The order of magnitude of time and space in the universe

COSMOLOGICAL TERM, noun. The cosmological constant

COSMOLOGICAL, adjective. Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe; "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe".

COSMOLOGICAL, adjective. Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality; "cosmologic philosophy"; "a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God".