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neptunism

neptunism is the alternative form of Neptunism.

Proper noun capitalized: Neptunism

Neptunism

  1. (historical) A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.

Origin of neptunism

From Neptune + -ism.

Questions about neptunism

What does neptunism mean?
Neptunism means a discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.
What is neptunism the alternative form of?
Neptunism is the alternative form of Neptunism.
What part of speech is neptunism?
Neptunism is a proper noun.

Words near neptunism in the dictionary

  1. Neptunian planet
  2. Neptunian planets
  3. neptunians
  4. neptunic
  5. Neptunicentric
  6. neptunism
  7. Neptunist
  8. Neptunists
  9. neptunite
  10. neptunites
  11. neptunium

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