cosmogony Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
    cosmogeny; cosmology.

WordNet

Cos*mog"o*ny noun
Etymology
Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.
Wordforms
plural Cosmogonies
Definitions
  1. 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. =cosmology
    The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.

Webster 1913