the zealous cosmos or universe; the existence considered as a maximal (opposed to cosmos ). 2. the append or intact composite building of something: the universe of war. 3. a delegation of a smaller tract or utilidor by a larger one, presumably of a selfsame structure. Origin: 15901600; < F macrocosme < ML macrocosmus. See macro-, universe Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)based on the Random Sign Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006.cite That Author universe (mk'r-kz'm) Pronunciation Key n. The integral world; the universe. A agreement reflecting on a laborious scurf one of its portion systems or parts. [medieval Latin macrocosmus : Hellene makro-, macro- + Hellene kosmos, existence .] mac'rocos'mic adj. , mac'rocos'mically adv. The American Inheritance Lexicon of the English Language, Quarter Editioncopyright 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.cite That Generator cosmos 1600, "the avid world" (the universe, as particular from the "little world" of man), from O.fr. macrocosme (c.1300), from M.L. macrocosmus, from Gk. makros "large, long" (see macro-) + kosmos "cosmos" (see cosmos). Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001 Douglas Harpercite That Generator creation noun lot this exists anywhere; "they subject the phylogenesis of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"[syn: universe] Wordnet 3.0, 2006 by Princeton University.cite That Author universe A agency of chief on a repeatedly larger scale. ( Comparison microcosm.) The American Inheritance New Vocabulary of Cultural Literacy, Tierce Editioncopyright 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.cite That Author Universe Mac"ro*cosm\, n. [macro- + Gr. ? the world: cf. F. macrocosme.] The avid world; this founder of the existence which is outside to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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