cosmogony

cosmogony
cosmogonal, cosmogonic /koz'meuh gon"ik/, cosmogonical, adj.cosmogonist, n.
/koz mog"euh nee/, n., pl. cosmogonies.
a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
[1860-65; < Gk kosmogonía creation of the world. See COSMO-, -GONY]

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      in astronomy, study of the evolutionary behaviour of the universe and the origin of its characteristic features. For scientific theories on the unsolved problem of the origin of the solar system, see planetesimal; protoplanet; solar nebula. For an outline of the development of astronomical ideas regarding the structure of the universe, see cosmology; for theories on the origin of the universe, see big-bang model; steady-state theory.

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  • Cosmogony — This article is about scientific theories of the origin of the universe. For mythical explanations, see creation myth. There is vast consensus among physicists that our universe started with a Big Bang from a state of gravitational singularity.… …   Wikipedia

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  • cosmogony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: New Latin cosmogonia, from Greek kosmogonia, from kosmos + gonos offspring; akin to Greek genos race more at kin Date: 1696 1. a theory of the origin of the universe 2. the creation or origin of the world or univ …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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