2. Adjective. (archaeology sociology) Pertaining to or existing in successive stages of a given culture, society etc. ¹
3. Noun. (geology) A short, colder period within an interglacial; a stade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stadial
1. a substance which depends on the life of a glacier [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stadial
Literary usage of Stadial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Glacial and Postglacial Lakes of the Great Lakes Region by Frank Bursley Taylor (1913)
"in a stadium and a stadial moraine marks the forward climax of one of these periods.
The readvance to each stadial moraine covered a very considerable ..."
2. Geographischer Jahresbericht Aus Österreich by Institut für Geographie, Universität Wien Verein der geographen, Universität Wien (1897)
"Die Prüfung dieser Zahlen sowie die Übersicht über die stadial- ... Schematische
Darstellung der Wurm- (W) und stadial ..."
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