Glacial
['gleɪsɪəl;-ʃ(ə)l] or ['ɡleʃl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or derived from a glacier; 'glacial deposit' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
(a.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Icy.[2]. Of glaciers.
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Definition
adj. icy: frozen: pertaining to ice or its action esp. to glaciers.—ns. Glā′cialist one who attributes the phenomena of the drift in geology to the action of glaciers; Glāciā′tion the act of freezing: ice: the process of becoming covered with glaciers.
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Examples
- So conversely it will be with the northern hemisphere, while the southern passes through a glacial period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The explanation, I believe, lies in the nature of the climate before the commencement of the Glacial period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When the mass cools it becomes a yellowish, transparent, glacial substance, tough and deliquescent. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Rainier and commands a wonderful view of that mountain, on which there is situated one of the largest glacial systems in the world radiating from any single peak. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Finally, between 40,000 and 25,000 years ago, as the Fourth Glacial Age softened towards more temperate conditions (see Map on p. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Fourth Glacial Age is rising towards its maximum. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have dated the last Glacial Age and the appearance of the true men as about 40,000 or 35,000 years ago. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The glaciers spread southward to the maximum of the Fourth Glacial Age (about 50,000 years ago), and then receded again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In her eyes, we were a pair of glacial prodigies, coldproud, and preternatural. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The ice of the last glacial age receded gradually, and gave way to a long period of steppe or prairie-like conditions over the great plain of Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But we shall follow the changes more readily, by supposing a new glacial period slowly to come on, and then pass away, as formerly occurred. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Clarke, it appears also that there are traces of former glacial action on the mountains of the south-eastern corner of Australia. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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