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

Example:
The principles of geology established by Lyell profoundly influenced Darwin's theory of evolution.
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.