Translation of "uniformitarianism" into Dutch

Uniformitarianisme, uniformitarianisme, actualisme are the top translations of "uniformitarianism" into Dutch.

uniformitarianism noun grammar

The scientific principle that natural processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today; used especially in physics, chemistry, biology and geology [..]

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  • Uniformitarianisme

    assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe

  • uniformitarianisme

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    The assumption that the natural processes operating in the past are the same as those that can be observed operating in the present. (source: Wikipedia)

    What Darwin needed was what uniformitarianism offered—unlimited time.

    Waar het uniformitarianisme mee kwam opdagen — onbeperkte tijd — was precies wat Darwin nodig had.

  • actualisme

    The assumption that the natural processes operating in the past are the same as those that can be observed operating in the present. (source: Wikipedia)

  • actualiteitsprincipe

    The assumption that the natural processes operating in the past are the same as those that can be observed operating in the present. (source: Wikipedia)

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