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cosmogony
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Cosmogony
(gcide) | 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.
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The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled
philosophers of all ages. --Goldsmith.
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cosmogony
(wn) | cosmogony
n 1: the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and
evolution and structure of the universe [syn: cosmology,
cosmogony, cosmogeny] |
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Cosmogony
(gcide) | 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.
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The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled
philosophers of all ages. --Goldsmith.
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