Neptunism

English

Etymology

Neptune +‎ -ism

Proper noun

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.

Coordinate terms

• Plutonism

Related terms

• Neptunist

Translations

scientific theory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水成論／水成论 (shuǐchénglùn)

• French: neptunisme (fr) m
• German: Neptunismus (de) m
• Japanese: 水成論 (Suiseiron), 水成説 (Suiseisetsu)