CATASTROPHISM


Meaning of CATASTROPHISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈtas-trə-ˌfi-zəm ]

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 — compare uniformitarianism

• ca·tas·tro·phist -fist noun

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