cósmica

Cósmica is the feminine singular adjective used in Spanish and Portuguese to describe things related to the cosmos or the universe. It is the feminine form of cósmico and agrees with feminine nouns, as in galaxia cósmica or energía cósmica.

Etymology and meaning: The term derives from the Greek kosmos, via Latin cosmicus, with kosmos originally meaning order or ornament and later denoting the universe. In modern Romance languages, cósmica retains the sense of universal scale and origin.

Usage in science and culture: In science, cósmica appears in phrases such as radiación cósmica (cosmic radiation) and fondo cósmico de microondas (cosmic microwave background). In everyday language and culture, it is used metaphorically to evoke vastness or universality in literature, music, and art.

Portuguese usage: The word cósmica is used similarly in Portuguese and agrees with the noun in gender and number (energia cósmica, mundos cósmicos; galáxias cósmicas). The masculine form is cósmico and the plural forms are cósmicos (masc) or cósmicas (fem).