Example sentences from the Web for uniformitarianism

So far as the not-living world is concerned, uniformitarianism lies there, not only in germ, but in blossom and fruit.
Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley|T. H. Huxley
This is the true "uniformitarianism" of geology which holds to the dominion of existing causes from the first.
Facts and fancies in modern science|John William Dawson
To my mind there appears to be no sort of necessary theoretical antagonism between Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism.
Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley|T. H. Huxley
On first thought it might seem that such lawless movement was rather in keeping with catastrophism than uniformitarianism.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900|Various

Catastrophism and uniformitarianism are opposite extremes which must be combined and reconciled.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900|Various

uniformitarianism

/ (ˌjuːnɪˌfɔːmɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm) /

noun

the concept that the earth's surface was shaped in the past by gradual processes, such as erosion, and by small sudden changes, such as earthquakes, of the type acting today rather than by the sudden divine acts, such as the flood survived by Noah (Genesis 6–8), demanded by the doctrine of catastrophism

Words nearby uniformitarianism

uniform, Uniform Business Rate, Uniform Crime Report, uniformed, uniformitarian, uniformitarianism, uniformity, uniformize, uniform resource locator, unify, uniglandular

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Scientific definitions for uniformitarianism

uniformitarianism

[ yōō′nə-fôr′mĭ-târ′ē-ə-nĭz′əm ]

The theory that all geologic phenomena may be explained as the result of existing forces having operated uniformly from the origin of the Earth to the present time. See Note at Lyell.

单词	uniformitarianism
释义	Example sentences from the Web for uniformitarianism So far as the not-living world is concerned, uniformitarianism lies there, not only in germ, but in blossom and fruit. Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley\|T. H. Huxley This is the true "uniformitarianism" of geology which holds to the dominion of existing causes from the first. Facts and fancies in modern science\|John William Dawson To my mind there appears to be no sort of necessary theoretical antagonism between Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism. Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley\|T. H. Huxley On first thought it might seem that such lawless movement was rather in keeping with catastrophism than uniformitarianism. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900\|Various Catastrophism and uniformitarianism are opposite extremes which must be combined and reconciled. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900\|Various uniformitarianism / (ˌjuːnɪˌfɔːmɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm) / noun the concept that the earth's surface was shaped in the past by gradual processes, such as erosion, and by small sudden changes, such as earthquakes, of the type acting today rather than by the sudden divine acts, such as the flood survived by Noah (Genesis 6–8), demanded by the doctrine of catastrophism Words nearby uniformitarianism uniform, Uniform Business Rate, Uniform Crime Report, uniformed, uniformitarian, uniformitarianism, uniformity, uniformize, uniform resource locator, unify, uniglandular Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for uniformitarianism uniformitarianism [ yōō′nə-fôr′mĭ-târ′ē-ə-nĭz′əm ] The theory that all geologic phenomena may be explained as the result of existing forces having operated uniformly from the origin of the Earth to the present time. See Note at Lyell. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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