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cosmological
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cosmological [¦käz·mə¦läj·ə·kəl]
(astronomy)
Relating to the overall structure of the universe.
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Their relatively low abundances of "heavy" elements (elements heavier than helium, called "metals" by astronomers) imply the galaxies are cosmologically young and may have formed recently.
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If that happens, then human life will turn out to have been a mere flash in the geological time-span pan -- maybe not a bad thing cosmically or cosmologically, but certainly undesirable from a species-survival viewpoint.
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Cosmologically, however, information is older, much more primal and fundamental than a molecule of DNA.
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