Cosmogony

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled
           philosophers of all ages.                --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cosmogony
       n : the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and
           evolution and structure of the universe [syn: {cosmology},
            {cosmogeny}]