UNIFORMITARIANISM


Meaning of UNIFORMITARIANISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ē-ə-ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1865

: a geological doctrine that processes acting in the same manner as at present and over long spans of time are sufficient to account for all current geological features and all past geological changes — compare catastrophism

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.