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noun the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
originFrom Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -gony.
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