uniformitarianism

n. [地质]均变论

发音

UK /juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    不可数 地质

词源

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

来源：wiktionary