uniformitarianism
Aktualismus
The scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the…The scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well.
/juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well.
Aktualismus
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By meaning 1
scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today:
Origin
From uniformitarian + -ism, coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1837.From uniformitarian + -ism, coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1837.
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2 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable