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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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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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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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first volume of
Charles Lyell's
Principles of Geology,
which set out
uniformitarian concepts of land
slowly rising or
falling over
immense periods,[II]...
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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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Charles Darwin,
combining the
biogeographical approach of Humboldt, the
uniformitarian geology of Lyell, Malthus's
writings on po****tion growth, and his own...
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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...
