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Uniformitarian
(gcide) | 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.
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Uniformitarian
(gcide) | Uniformitarian \U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an\, n. (Geol.)
One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian
doctrine.
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nonuniformitarian
(gcide) | Nonuniformist \Non*u"ni*form`ist\, n.
One who believes that past changes in the structure of the
earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent
than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.
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Uniformitarianism
(gcide) | Uniformitarianism \U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an*ism\, n. (Geol.)
The uniformitarian doctrine.
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