Definition: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: Uniformitarianism is the idea that the same physical laws of today have always operated .
Output:
Uniformitarianism , also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity , is the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in our present-day scientific observations have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe .