uniformitarianism

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm/

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

日本語の意味

自然現象は、過去も現在と同様の方法と速度で作用しているとする地質学上の科学的原理 / 均質論（均一の自然法則によって過去の現象も説明できるという考え方）

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Many geologists in the 19th century embraced uniformitarianism as a framework for interpreting rock layers.

19世紀の多くの地質学者は、地層を解釈する枠組みとして斉一説を受け入れた。

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意味（1）

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

There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.

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