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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLACIAL PERIOD

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Glacial period is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GLACIAL PERIOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Glacial period

A glacial period is an interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate between glacial periods. The last glacial period ended about 15,000 years ago; The Holocene epoch is the current interglacial. A time when there are no glaciers on Earth is considered a greenhouse climate state.

Definition of glacial period in the English dictionary

The definition of glacial period in the dictionary is any period of time during which a large part of the earth's surface was covered with ice, due to the advance of glaciers, as in the late Carboniferous period, and during most of the Pleistocene; glaciation. Other definition of glacial period is the Pleistocene epoch.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLACIAL PERIOD

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GLACIAL PERIOD

accounting period
base period
consultation period
cooling-off period
critical period
development period
Edo period
free period
grace period
honeymoon period
incubation period
latency period
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menstrual period
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Question Period
refractory period
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Synonyms and antonyms of glacial period in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «glacial period» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLACIAL PERIOD

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Translator English - Chinese

冰期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

período glacial
570 millions of speakers

English

glacial period
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिमनदों अवधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفترة الجليدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ледниковый период
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

período glacial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিমবাহের কাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

période glaciaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tempoh glasier
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eiszeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

氷河期
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빙하기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Periode glasial
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thời kỳ băng hà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பனிப்பொழிவு காலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिमयुज कालावधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Buzul dönemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

periodo glaciale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okres lodowcowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

льодовиковий період
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perioada de glacial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παγετώδους περιόδου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ystydperk tydperk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

istiden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

istid
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glacial period

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLACIAL PERIOD»

Discover the use of glacial period in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glacial period and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Glacial Period
Nicolas De Crécy. A Graphic Novel Glacial Period Nicolas De Crécy Nicolas De Crécy Nicolas De Crécy Glacial Period. Front Cover.
Nicolas De Crécy, 2014
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Deicing the Glacial Period Myth
This book shows that the laws of physics do not support the theory that therewas an Ice Age or that glaciers created many landforms.
Richard Mazurek, 2006
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Man and the Glacial Period
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
G. Frederick Wright, Henry W. 1831-1912 Haynes, 2010
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Man and the Glacial Period
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
McGee W.J., 2009
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History of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology
Researches on the Glacial Period. Reports of the Russian Geographical Society, 1. Part 1 (with a separate booklet of maps, cross- sections and drawings) (in Russian). KUSHNEV. S. L. 1964. The Bezengi Glaciation of the Central Caucasus.
R. H. Grapes, Algimantas Grigelis, David Oldroyd, 2008
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Proterozoic Geology: Selected Papers from an International ...
I select first those with more narrowly constrained ages so as to establish some distinct glacial periods which are named: the Lower Congo glacial period about 900, or 950 to 850 Ma; the Sturtian glacial period about 800, or 820 to 770 Ma; the ...
L. Gordon Medaris, 1983
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The Quaternary Period in the United States
In fact, closely spaced analyses of the transition from Picea to Pinus in northern Minnesota revealed an ecologically logical south-to-north change through time during the late-glacial period, with no apparent semblance of the late-glacial ...
Alan R. Gillespie, Stephen C. Porter, Brian F. Atwater, 2004
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The Geology of Scotland
The early part of the glacial period between 1 1 7 000 and 75 000 bp was characterized by rapid oscillations of climate (Fig. 15.1c) between stadial ( periods when there was significant glacial growth) and interstadial (periods when glaciers ...
N. H. Trewin, 2002
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On the Last Stage of the Glacial Period in North Britain
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Jamieson T. F. (Thomas F.), 2009
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The Arctic Home in the Vedas
there are reasons for supposing that he was Inter-glacial. The Glacial period was characterized by geographical and climatic changes on an extensive scale. These changes and the theories regarding the cause or the causes of the Ice Age  ...
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLACIAL PERIOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glacial period is used in the context of the following news items.
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Our rocks: Glacial hitchhikers dot Maine's lakes, land
That was just the latest glacial period that has happened over the past 2.5 million years, the geologist said. At one point, ice spread from the St. «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
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Eagle Ridge Resort near Galena a scenic, active destination
Because the resort is in the Driftless Area, which was not flattened by ice during the last glacial period, the resort is set on a series of hill, valleys ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Finding Minnesota: The Nearly Mosquito-Free Minnesota State Park
... rainfall drains quickly in this part of southeast Minnesota because it is part of the “driftless area,” which missed out on the last glacial period. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
4
Climate Then and Now
Thus this almost glacial period lasted into the fourth month. On February 4 it was known at Versailles that the seed corn was dead in the ground ... «Power Line, Jul 15»
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Genome of woolly mammoth reveals secrets of survival in extreme …
... genetic variants affect a wide range of traits that helped these now-extinct creatures to adapt to the frigid conditions of the last glacial period. «Science Recorder, Jul 15»
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Genetic and ecological data reveal species boundaries between …
... oviparous lineage remained isolated in refugia in the southern margin of Alpine chain and Po Plain during glacial period (Surget-Groba et al., ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Climate Change: Is a Deadly Ice Age on the Horizon?
While Singer says that most experts believe the next glacial period lies just on the horizon, the exact timing is unknown; one scientist claims it ... «The New American, Jul 15»
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Latest Michigan quake has scientists puzzled
The culprit could even be glacial rebound — land masses pressed down by millions of tons of ice during Michigan's last glacial period about ... «Detroit Free Press, Jun 15»
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Sudbury Accent: High Five out on the French River
"This was created during the glacial period, which left rock scrapes, caves and watermarks." The west side of the rapids is encompassed by ... «The Sudbury Star, Jun 15»
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It's Official, May 2015 Was the Warmest On Record
06/19/15 11:56 AM. So if the peak temperature for the planet was ~25C hotter after the previous glacial period how is the the warmest "ever"? «Curbed Seattle, Jun 15»

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