Meaning of the word lyell in English
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lyell
US /ˈlaɪəl/
UK /ˈlaɪəl/
Noun
Charles Lyell (1797–1875), Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of actual causes in producing geological phenomena
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The principles of geology established by Lyell profoundly influenced Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Lyell's uniformitarianism proposed 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.