{ } a. Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cosmogonies [ Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie. ] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. cosmographique. ] Of or pertaining to cosmography. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cosmographies [ Gr. kosmografi`a; ko`smos the world + gra`fein to write: cf. F. cosmographie. ] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. desmo`s bond + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Microcosm + -graphy. ] Description of man as a microcosm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Microseiem + -graph. ] A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing a graphic record. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Osmose + root of Gr. ge`nos race. ] An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used especially in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Osmose + -graph. ] (Physics) An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Plasma + -gen. ] (Biol.) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; an enlargement + -graph. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pleth`ys*mo*graph"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. (Physiol.) The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; earthquake + -gram. ] (Physics) The trace or record of an earth tremor, made by means of a seismograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; an earthquake + -graph. ] (Physics) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Seismograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; band, bond + -graphy. ] A description of the ligaments; syndesmology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Clive, who wrote me about the transmogrification of our schoolfellow, an attorney's son. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ A humorous coinage. ] To change into a different shape; to transform. [ Colloq. ] Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]