UNIFORMITARIANISM

Meaning of UNIFORMITARIANISM in English

■ noun Geology the theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes. Often contrasted with catastrophism .

Derivatives

uniformitarian adjective &noun

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UNIFORMITARIANISM — noun Date: 1865 a geological doctrine that processes acting in the same manner as at present and over long spans …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UNIFORMITARIANISM — Doctrine in geology that physical, chemical, and biologic processes now at work on and within the Earth have operated with …
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UNIFORMITARIANISM — -əˌnizəm noun ( -s ) 1. : a geological doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner and with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNIFORMITARIANISM — (n.) The uniformitarian doctrine.
Английский словарь Webster
UNIFORMITARIANISM — ( n. ) The uniformitarian doctrine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNIFORMITARIANISM — n. (Geology) uniformitarian doctrine, doctrine that natural geologic processes took place in the past in the same way as they …
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UNIFORMITARIANISM — noun Date: 1865 : a geological doctrine that processes acting in the same manner as at present and over long …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNIFORMITARIANISM — noun the uniformitarian doctrine.
Webster English vocab
UNIFORMITARIANISM — [uni.for.mi.tar.i.an.ism] n (1865): a geological doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner as at present are sufficient to …
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UNIFORMITARIANISM — in geology, the doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at …
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UNIFORMITARIANISM — n. Doctrine in geology that physical, chemical, and biologic processes now at work on and within the Earth have operated …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UNIFORMITARIANISM — n. Pronunciation: - ē - ə - ˌ ni-z ə m Function: noun Date: 1865 : a geological doctrine that …
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WERNER, ABRAHAM GOTTLOB — born Sept. 25, 1750, Wehrau, Saxony died June 30, 1817, Freiberg German geologist. In opposition to the Plutonists, or Vulcanists, …
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LYELL, SIR CHARLES — born Nov. 14, 1797, Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scot. died Feb. 22, 1875, London, Eng. Scottish geologist. While studying law at the …
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HUTTON, JAMES — born June 3, 1726, Edinburgh, Scot. died March 26, 1797, Edinburgh Scottish geologist, chemist, and naturalist. After short careers in …
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UNIFORMITARIAN — I. |yünəˌfȯrmə|terēən, -ta(a)r-, -tār- noun ( -s ) Etymology: uniformity + -arian : a believer in uniformitarianism : an advocate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUTTONIAN — I. |hə|tōnēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: James Hutton died 1797 Scottish geologist + English -ian : of or relating …
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TYCHISM — ˈtīˌkizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek tychē chance, fortune + English -ism; akin to Greek tychanein to happen, happen …
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CATASTROPHISM — kəˈtastrəˌfizəm noun ( -s ) 1. a. : the doctrine that changes in the earth's crust have in the past …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNIFORMITARIAN — (n.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.
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UNIFORMISM — (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also …
Английский словарь Webster
UNIFORMITARIAN — ( n. ) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNIFORMISM — ( n. ) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNIFORMITARIAN — — uniformitarianism , n. /yooh'neuh fawr'mi tair"ee euhn/ , adj. 1. supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNIFORMITARIAN — noun Date: 1840 1. : an adherent of the doctrine of uniformitarianism 2. : an advocate of uniformity • uniformitarian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CATASTROPHISM — noun Date: 1869 : a geological doctrine that changes in the earth's crust have in the past been brought about …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNIFORMITARIAN — noun one who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine. 2. uniformitarian ·adj of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or …
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UNIFORMISM — noun the doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also …
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CATASTROPHISM — ■ noun Geology the theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted chiefly from sudden violent …
Concise Oxford English vocab
UNIFORMITARIAN — [uni.for.mi.tar.i.an] n (1840) 1: an adherent of the doctrine of uniformitarianism 2: an advocate of uniformity -- uniformitarian adj
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GEOCHRONOLOGY — scientific study concerned with the sequence of geologic events in the history of the Earth. Geologic history provides a conceptual …
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HUTTON, JAMES — born June 3, 1726, Edinburgh, Scot. died March 26, 1797, Edinburgh Scottish geologist, chemist, naturalist, and originator of one of …
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