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noun
Uniformitarian  n.  (Geol.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.






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"Uniformitarian" Quotes from Famous Books



... comprehensively expounded by Lyell, that we must look to existing causes for the explanation of past geological events. Indeed, the following passage of the preface, in which De Maillet is supposed to speak of the Indian philosopher Telliamed, his 'alter ego', might have been written by the most philosophical uniformitarian of the present day:— ...
— The Origin of Species - From 'The Westminster Review', April 1860 • Thomas H. Huxley

... universally recognised as the leader of the Uniformitarian school of geologists, and it will be well to consider briefly what is implied in this term. The principles of Uniformitarianism may be summed up thus: THE PRESENT IS THE KEY TO THE PAST. That is to say, the processes which have gone ...
— The Antiquity of Man • Charles Lyell



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