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Cosmogony - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Cosmogony : (noun)
1: the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and
evolution and structure of the universe [syn: cosmology,
cosmogeny]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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