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Definition of Glacial

1. Adjective. Relating to or derived from a glacier. "Glacial deposit"

2. Adjective. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. "Wintry smile"

3. Adjective. Extremely cold. "Polar weather"

Definition of Glacial

1. a. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.

Definition of Glacial

1. Proper noun. (geology) Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers. ¹

2. Adjective. of, or relating to glaciers ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) very slow ¹

4. Adjective. cold and icy ¹

5. Adjective. having the appearance of ice ¹

6. Adjective. cool and unfriendly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glacial

1. of or pertaining to glaciers [adj]

Medical Definition of Glacial

1. 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; especially, pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. 2. Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. Glacial acid See Glacier theory, under Glacier. Origin: L. Glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. Glacial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glacial

glabellas glabellum glabrate glabrescent glabrity glabrous glabrous skin glacading glace glace de viande

glaceed glaceing glaces glacette glacettes glacial glacial acetic acid glacial boulder glacial drift glacial erratic

glacial erratics glacial period glacial phosphoric acid glacial polish glacialist glacialists glacially glacials glaciate glaciated

Literary usage of Glacial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science MonthlyScience (1893)
"в : 374 Climatic conditions of the glacial period (Misc.), 39 : 281. ... Evidences of glacial action in southeastern Connecticut (6 p., 6 il.). ..."

2. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"Glacial EROSION IN THE FINGER LAKE REGION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK' RALPH S. TARR Cornell University, Ithaca, NY The origin of the Finger Lake valleys was ..."

3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"According to this classic work the entire Glacial Epoch is assigned to the ... All the river gravels, boulder-clays and moraines of the Glacial Epoch ..."

4. Geographical Essays by William Morris Davis (1909)
"XXIV Glacial EROSION IN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND NORWAY Introduction. ... My former revision of the problem divided the arguments for glacial erosion under ..."

5. The Great Ice Age: And Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1874)
"Glacial lake-terraces in White Mountains.—Laminated clays with marine arctic ... —Tables showing succession of glacial deposits in Europe and America 380 ..."

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