cosmogony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cosmogony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cosmogony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cosmogony n the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe Synonym(s): cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cosmogony \Cosmog"ony\ (-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.