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glaciation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glaciation has 2 senses
- glaciation(n = noun.state) Array - the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action; "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe" is a kind of environmental condition
- glaciation(n = noun.process) Array - the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice; Array is a kind of geologic process, geological process
Derived forms adjective glacial1, verb glaciate2, verb glaciate1
has particulars: riss glaciation, saale glaciation, wolstonian glaciation
Derived forms adjective glacial1, verb glaciate2, verb glaciate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
glaciation, n.
- Act of freezing. [1913 Webster]
- That which is formed by freezing; ice. [1913 Webster]
- The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena. [1913 Webster]
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