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geogony

geogony noun: the branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.

Noun

geogony (countable and uncountable, plural geogonies)

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) The branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.
    • Some writers divide Geology into two branches; 1. Geognosy, or Positive Geology, which embraces only the known facts of the science. 2. Geogony, or Speculative Geology, which attempts to point out the causes of those facts, and the inferences that result from them.1847, Edward Hitchcock, Elementary Geology
  2. (countable, obsolete) A particular account of the formation of the Earth.
    • The whole system of modern geology is a reproduction of Brahminical geogonies and Maha Pralayas, or great floods.1875, John Muehleisen Arnold, Genesis and Science; Or The First Leaves of the Bible

Forms of geogony

pluralgeogonies

Origin of geogony

From geo- + -gony.

Words formed from geogony

Questions about geogony

What does geogony mean?
Geogony means the branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.
What part of speech is geogony?
Geogony is a noun.
What is the plural of geogony?
The plural of geogony is geogonies.

Words near geogony in the dictionary

  1. geognosts
  2. geognosy
  3. geogonic
  4. geogonical
  5. geogonies
  6. geogony
  7. geographer
  8. geographers
  9. geographia
  10. geographic
  11. geographic atrophy

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