Definition of Glacial

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

Derivative terms: Glaciation, Glaciation, Glacier
Partainyms: Glacier

2. Adjective. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. "Wintry smile"
Exact synonyms: Frigid, Frosty, Frozen, Icy, Wintry
Similar to: Cold
Derivative terms: Frigidity, Frigidness, Iciness

3. Adjective. Extremely cold. "Polar weather"
Exact synonyms: Arctic, Frigid, Gelid, Icy, Polar
Similar to: Cold
Derivative terms: Gelidity

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 (current term)
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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