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Webster 1913 Edition
Uniformitarian
Uˊni-formˊi-ta′ri-an
,Adj.
(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.
Uˊni-formˊi-ta′ri-an
,Noun.
(Geol.)
One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.
Definition 2024
uniformitarian
uniformitarian
English
Noun
uniformitarian (plural uniformitarians)
- One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.
Adjective
uniformitarian (comparative more uniformitarian, superlative most uniformitarian)
- 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.