Uniformitarianism

//juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm//

Synonyms for "uniformitarianism"

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Translations

8 translations across 7 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • униформизъм noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)

Finnish

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  • uniformitarianismi noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)

French

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  • actualisme noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
  • uniformitarisme noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)

German

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  • Aktualismus noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)

Irish

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  • aonfhoirmeachas noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)

Italian

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  • attualismo noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)

Polish

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  • aktualizm noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)

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There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.

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