Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A navigator; a seaman.
- noun In geology, an advocate of or believer in the Neptunian theory; an opponent of the Vulcanists.
- Of. pertaining to, or advocating the Neptunian theory.
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The foremost neptunist, Abraham Gottlob Werner, was probably the single man most responsible for the concept of the geological time scale.
Vulcanists & Neptunists Schneer, Cecil J. 1966
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