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[syn: cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cosmogony \Cos*mog"o*ny\ (-n?), n.; pl. Cosmogonies (-n?z).
[Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to
be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.]
The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of
such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the
cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.
[1913 Webster]
The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled
philosophers of all ages. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cosmogony
n 1: the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and
evolution and structure of the universe [syn: cosmology,
cosmogony, cosmogeny]