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Uniformitarian
Uniformitarian U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an, a. (Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that
existing causes, acting in the same manner and with
essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are
sufficient to account for all geological changes.
Uniformitarian
Uniformitarian U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an, n. (Geol.)
One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian
doctrine.
Meaning of Uniformitarian from wikipedia
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Uniformitarianism, also
known as the
Doctrine of
Uniformity or the
Uniformitarian Principle, is the ****umption that the same
natural laws and processes...
- In
historical linguistics, the
uniformitarian principle is the ****umption that
processes of
language change that can be
observed today also
operated in...
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violent events,
possibly worldwide in scope. This
contrasts with
uniformitarianism (sometimes
called gradualism),
according to
which slow incremental...
- intensities. The
philosopher William Whewell dubbed this
gradualistic view "
uniformitarianism" and
contrasted it with catastrophism,
which had been
championed by...
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found in 1788,
which James Hutton regarded as
conclusive proof of his
uniformitarian theory of
geological development.
Siccar Point was the site of a dun...
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social influences on
language development. This
field is
grounded in the
uniformitarian principle,
which posits that the
processes of
language change observed...
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gradual in
nature and
happens over time as
opposed to in
large steps.
Uniformitarianism, incrementalism, and
reformism are
similar concepts.
Gradualism can...
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replaced neptunism in the
early 19th
century as the
principle of
uniformitarianism was
shown to fit
better with the
geological facts as they
became better...
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published in 3
volumes from 1830 to 1833.
Lyell used the
theory of
uniformitarianism to
describe how the Earth's
surface was
changing over time. This theory...
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offers a
historical account of the
conceptualization of Deep Time and
uniformitarianism using the
works of the
English theologian Thomas Burnet, and the Scottish...
