uniformitarianism

Significat (Anglès)

The scientific principle that natural processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today.

Conceptes

uniformitarisme

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From uniformitarian + -ism, coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1837.

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