Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
Pertaining to ice, especially in great masses such as sheets of land ice or glaciers.
A time when ice sheets expand and average global climates are cooler and drier than during and interglacial.
relating to a large body of ice slowly moving down a slope or spreading outward on a land surface
relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
(1) Period of time during an ice age when glaciers advance because of colder temperatures. (2) Involving glaciers and moving ice. Usually pertaining to processes associated with glaciers.
the cold part of a fixed cycle of warm and cool periods during a major ice age. The cycle is related to changing heat from the sun due to shifts in the pattern of Earth's orbit and tilt.
associated with glaciers and ice, also an Ice-age period where the land is covered by ice.
adj. (a) Of or relating to the presence and activities of ice or glaciers, as glacial erosion. (b) Pertaining to distinctive features and materials produced by or derived from glaciers and ice sheets, as glacial lakes. (c) Pertaining to an ice age or region of glaciation. n. A glacial age, or glacial stage, of a glacial epoch, especially of the Pleistocene Epoch; e.g. the Wisconsinan glacial age.
Pertaining to ice that is on land, thus affecting eustatic sea level; sea ice does not contribute to changes in sea level.
climatic zone that produced continuous ice up to .3 km thick, shaping landscapes as early as 2.7 billion years ago.
A time interval characterized by widespread glacial ice - "Ice Age".
Deposited by action of glaciers or ice sheets
Relating to or caused by a glacier (huge mass of moving ice formed from compacted snow); characterized by the existence of glaciers.
pertaining to the activities of glaciers, or to the features or materials produced thereby.
(adj) – Extremely cold Relating to glaciers
of ice or glaciers; having much ice or many glaciers; of or having to do with a glacial period or epoch. [AHDOS