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Webster 1913 Edition

Neptunist

{

Nep-tu′ni-an

,

Nep′tu-nist

}
,
p
rop.
Noun.
[Cf. F.
neptinien
,
neptuniste
.]
(Geol.)
One who adopts the Neptunian theory.

Webster 1828 Edition

Neptunist

NEPTUNIST

,
Noun.
One who adopts the theory that the whole earth was once covered with water, or rather that the substances of the globe were formed from aqueous solution ; opposed to the Plutonic theory.

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