CATASTROPHISM

Meaning of CATASTROPHISM in English

noun Date: 1869 a geological doctrine that changes in the earth's crust have in the past been brought about suddenly by physical forces operating in ways that cannot be observed today, catastrophist noun

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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
CATASTROPHISM — (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent …
Английский словарь Webster
CATASTROPHISM — ( n. ) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CATASTROPHISM — — catastrophist , n. /keuh tas"treuh fiz'euhm/ , n. Geol. the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATASTROPHISM — n. (Geology) belief that major geological changes on earth were caused by catastrophes (and not by gradual change)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
CATASTROPHISM — noun the doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent …
Webster English vocab
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
CATASTROPHISM — [ca.tas.tro.phism] n (1869): a geological doctrine that changes in the earth's crust have in the past been brought about suddenly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CATASTROPHISM — doctrine that explains the differences in fossil forms encountered in successive stratigraphic levels as being the product of repeated cataclysmic …
Britannica English vocabulary
CATASTROPHISM — catastrophism BrE AmE kə ˈtæs trə ˌfɪz ə m
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CATASTROPHISM — n. Geol. the theory that changes in the earth's crust have occurred in sudden violent and unusual events. øøcatastrophist n.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CATASTROPHISM — n. Geol. the theory that changes in the earth's crust have occurred in sudden violent and unusual events. catastrophist n.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CATASTROPHISM — n. Geol. the theory that changes in the earth's crust have occurred in sudden violent and unusual events. Derivatives: catastrophist …
Oxford English vocab
CATASTROPHISM — спец. катастрофизм, теория катастроф (специальное) катастрофизм, теория катастроф
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATASTROPHISM — n спец. катастрофизм, теория катастроф
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CATASTROPHISM — матем. катастрофизм, теория катастроф
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CATASTROPHISM — (n) катастрофизм; теория катастроф
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CATASTROPHISM — n спец. катастрофизм, теория катастроф
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CATASTROPHISM — n спец. катастрофизм, теория катастроф
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CATASTROPHISM — теория катастроф
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CATASTROPHISM — теория катастроф
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CATASTROPHISM — сущ. 1) катастрофизм; теория катастроф, впервые выдвинутая Ж. Кувье, согласно которой в истории Земли произошли несколько катастроф; 2) современные теории, …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
CATASTROPHISM — спец. катастрофизм, теория катастроф (специальное) катастрофизм, теория катастроф
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATASTROPHISM — n. Pronunciation: k ə - ' tas-tr ə - ˌ fi-z ə m Function: noun Date: 1869 : a geological …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CATASTROPHIST — noun see: catastrophism
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATASTROPHE — I. kəˈtastrə(ˌ)fē, -aas-, -ais- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata- cata- + strephein …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNIFORMITARIANISM — -əˌnizəm noun ( -s ) 1. : a geological doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner and with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CATASTROPHIST — -_fə̇st noun ( -s ) : a believer in the doctrine or theory of catastrophism — called also cataclysmist
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNIFORMISM — (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also …
Английский словарь Webster
CATASTROPHIST — (n.) One who holds the theory or catastrophism.
Английский словарь Webster
CUVIER, GEORGES, BARON — born Aug. 23, 1769, Montbliard, Fr. died May 13, 1832, Paris in full Georgeslopold-chrtien-frdric-dagobert, Baron Cuvier French zoologist and statesman, …
Britannica English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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