Geogony
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Geogony is a noun meaning (obsolete, uncountable) The branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.
Meaning
(obsolete, uncountable) The branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, countable) A particular account of the formation of the Earth.
Example Sentences
The whole system of modern geology is a reproduction of Brahminical geogonies and Maha Pralayas, or great floods.
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.
Word Forms
- geogonies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include geogeny, geognosy, geonomy, geology, worldbuilding, orology.
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