Uniformitarianism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The uniformitarian doctrine.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The theory advocated by uniformitarians: the opposite of catastrophism. See catastrophe, 3, and catastrophism.
    • Word Usage
    "The term uniformitarianism was first used in 1832 by William Whewell, a University of Cambridge scholar, to present an alternative explanation for the origin of the Earth."
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