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Definition of cosmogony noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cosmogony

noun
 
/kɒzˈmɒɡəni/
 
/kɑːzˈmɑːɡəni/
[uncountable]
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  1. the part of science that deals with how the universe and the solar system began
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Greek kosmogonia, from kosmos ‘order or world’ + -gonia ‘-begetting’.
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