different between cosmic vs cosmid

English

Etymology

cosmos +? -ic

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?z'm?k, IPA^(key): /?k?z.m?k/

Adjective

cosmic (comparative more cosmic, superlative most cosmic)

1. Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.
2. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast.

   cosmic speed

   • 1874, John Tyndall, "Inaugural Address before the British Association", in Popular Science, October 1874, page 683

     The human understanding, for example—the faculty which Mr. Spencer has turned so skillfully round upon its own antecedents—is itself a result of the play between organism and environment through cosmic ranges of time.

3. (astronomy, dated) Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.

Derived terms

• sociocosmic

Translations

Anagrams

• comics

Romanian

Etymology

From French cosmique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kos.mik/

Adjective

cósmic m or n (feminine singular cosmic?, masculine plural cosmici, feminine and neuter plural cosmice)

1. cosmic

Declension

English

Etymology

Blend of cos +? plasmid

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?zm?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?zm?d/

Noun

cosmid (plural cosmids)

1. (genetics) A type of plasmid (often used as a cloning vector) constructed by the insertion of cos sequences, which are DNA sequences of the lambda phage.

Anagrams

• DISCOM, discom