| 单词 | geogeny | 
| 释义 | geogenyn.  The origin or formation of the earth; spec. the geological history of the earth; (formerly also) †a branch of geology dealing with this (obsolete). Cf. geogony n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > 			[noun]		 > geogeny geogeny1799 1799    Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 4 440  				The Neptunian theory of geogeny, has now very generally taken place [of] the old volcanic system. 1870    H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. 		(ed. 2)	 I.  i. vii. 138  				Geology (or rather Geogeny let us call it, that we may include all those mineralogical and meteorological changes which the word Geology, as now used, recognizes but tacitly). 1873    Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 4 416  				Geogeny, geognosy, and geography are..three great divisions of the earth-science, or geology. 1913    Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 305  				There is, I apprehend, a close analogy between the sequences of cosmogony and of geogeny. 1985    Sci. & Society 49 151  				The chronological precedence of geogeny over phylogeny, of non-thinking objects over thinking objects, has been well established in science since the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species. 2002    W. Rodarmor tr.  C. Cohen Fate of Mammoth vi. 112  				For them, the study of fossils illustrated the question of geogeny—that is, of the formation of the earth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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