Glaciation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of freezing.
  • noun. The result of freezing; ice.
  • noun. In geology, the present or former existence of a mass of ice, glacier, or ice-sheet, covering a certain region; subjection to the action of ice.
  • noun. A consequence of or phenomenon caused by such a process or covering, as the striation and smoothing of rock-surfaces.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Act of freezing.
  • noun. That which is formed by freezing; ice.
  • noun. The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Act of freezing.
  • noun. That which is formed by freezing; ice.
  • noun. The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
  • noun. the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action
  • Word Usage
    "Comparatively, the couple of decades preceding 1880 were very humid: lakes stood high, mountain glaciation was extensive, and precipitation more abundant."
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