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uniformitarian


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Uniformitarian  \U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an\,  n.  (Geol.) 
  One  who  accepts  uniformitarianism,  or  the  uniformitarian 
  doctrine.