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单词 uniformitarian
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
u•ni•form•i•tar•i•an  (yo̅o̅′nə fôr′mi târ′ē ən),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Geologysupporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, esp. on the subject of geology.
  2. Geologyof or pertaining to the thesis that processes that operated in the remote geological past are not different from those observed now.

n. 
  1. Geologya person who accepts or supports a uniformitarian theory.
  • uniformit(y) + -arian 1830–40
u′ni•form′i•tar′i•an•ism, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ˌuniˌformiˈtarian /ˌjuːnɪˌfɔːmɪˈtɛərɪən/ adj
  1. of or relating to uniformitarianism
  2. of, characterized by, or conforming to uniformity
 n
  1. a supporter of a theory of uniformity or of uniformitarianism
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