Usually means: Gradual geological processes shape Earth.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word uniformitarianism:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. uniformitarianism: Merriam-Webster
  2. uniformitarianism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. uniformitarianism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. uniformitarianism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Uniformitarianism, uniformitarianism: Wordnik
  6. uniformitarianism: Wiktionary
  7. uniformitarianism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. uniformitarianism: Dictionary.com
  9. Uniformitarianism (science), Uniformitarianism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Uniformitarianism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. uniformitarianism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Uniformitarianism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. uniformitarianism: FreeDictionary.org
  14. uniformitarianism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. uniformitarianism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. Uniformitarianism: Extragalactic Astronomy
  4. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (uniformitarianism)

noun:  (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.

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