UNIFORMITARIANISM

Meaning of UNIFORMITARIANISM in English

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

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UNIFORMITARIANISM — Doctrine in geology that physical, chemical, and biologic processes now at work on and within the Earth have operated with …
Английский словарь Британика
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 — ■ noun Geology the theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of …
Concise Oxford 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 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UNIFORMITARIANISM — in geology, the doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at …
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WERNER, ABRAHAM GOTTLOB — born Sept. 25, 1750, Wehrau, Saxony died June 30, 1817, Freiberg German geologist. In opposition to the Plutonists, or Vulcanists, …
Английский словарь Британика
LYELL, SIR CHARLES — born Nov. 14, 1797, Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scot. died Feb. 22, 1875, London, Eng. Scottish geologist. While studying law at the …
Английский словарь Британика
HUTTON, JAMES — born June 3, 1726, Edinburgh, Scot. died March 26, 1797, Edinburgh Scottish geologist, chemist, and naturalist. After short careers in …
Английский словарь Британика
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 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TYCHISM — ˈtīˌkizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek tychē chance, fortune + English -ism; akin to Greek tychanein to happen, happen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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.
Английский словарь Webster
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 …
Webster English vocab
UNIFORMISM — noun the doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also …
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
UNIFORMITARIAN — [uni.for.mi.tar.i.an] n (1840) 1: an adherent of the doctrine of uniformitarianism 2: an advocate of uniformity -- uniformitarian adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GEOCHRONOLOGY — scientific study concerned with the sequence of geologic events in the history of the Earth. Geologic history provides a conceptual …
Britannica English vocabulary
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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