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Webster 1913 Edition

Cosmogony

Cos-mog′o-ny

(-n?)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cosmogonies
(-n[GREEK]z)
.
[Gr.
κοσμογονία
;
κόσμοσ
the world + root of
γίγνεστηαι
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
.
The
cosmogony
or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages.
Goldsmith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cosmogony

COSMOGONY

,
Noun.
s as z. [Gr., world, and generation.] The generation, origin or creation of the world or universe. In physics, the science of the origin or formation of the universe.

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