单词 | uniformitarianism |
释义 | uniformitarianism [´yü·nǝ´fȯr·mǝ`ter·ē·ǝ´niz·ǝm] GEOLOGY Classically, the concept that the present is the key to the past; the principle that contemporary geologic processes have occurred in the same regular manner and with essentially the same intensity throughout geologic time, and that events of the geologic past can be explained by phenomena observable today. Also known as principle of uniformity. |
随便看 |
|
科学参考收录了103327条科技类词条,基本涵盖了常见科技类参考文献及英语词汇的翻译,是科学学习和研究的有利工具。