[yoo-nuh-fawr-mi-tair-ee-uh
n] 
| 1. | supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, esp. on the subject of geology. |
| 2. | Geology. of or pertaining to the thesis that processes that operated in the remote geological past are not different from those observed now. |
| 3. | a person who accepts or supports a uniformitarian theory. |
| u·ni·for·mi·tar·i·an·ism (yōō'nə-fôr'mĭ-târ'ē-ə-nĭz'əm) n. The theory that all geologic phenomena may be explained as the result of existing forces having operated uniformly from the origin of the earth to the present time. u'ni·for'mi·tar'i·an adj. & n. |