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" Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine."
James Balog

Meaning of "glacial" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GLACIAL

ˈɡleɪsɪəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLACIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glacial is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GLACIAL 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 in the English dictionary

The first definition of glacial in the dictionary is characterized by the presence of masses of ice. Other definition of glacial is relating to, caused by, or deposited by a glacier. Glacial is also extremely cold; icy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLACIAL

abaxial · adaxial · axial · biaxial · coaxial · ecdysial · englacial · epitaxial · interglacial · multiaxial · paradisial · paraxial · postglacial · preglacial · rickettsial · subglacial · superglacial · triaxial · uncial · uniaxial

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLACIAL

glace · glacial acetic acid · glacial epoch · glacial period · glacialist · glacially · glaciate · glaciated · glaciation · glacier · glacier cream · glacier milk · glacier table · glaciered · glaciologic · glaciological · glaciologist · glaciology · glacis · glacis plate

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLACIAL

bifacial · biracial · carapacial · commercial · craniofacial · especial · facial · financial · interfacial · interracial · maxillofacial · multiracial · nonracial · official · osteomalacial · periglacial · prefacial · racial · spacial · trifacial

Synonyms and antonyms of glacial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLACIAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «glacial» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «glacial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLACIAL

Find out the translation of glacial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of glacial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glacial» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

冰河的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

glacial
570 millions of speakers
en

English

glacial
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

हिमनदों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جليدية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ледниковые
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

glacial
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জমাট বাঁধা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

glaciaire
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Glasial
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Gletscher-
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

氷河の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

빙하의
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Glacial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

băng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பனியுகக்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हिमयुग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

buzul
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

glaciale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

lodowaty
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

льодовикові
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

glacial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παγετώδους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glacial
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glacial
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glacial
5 millions of speakers

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

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QUOTES WITH «GLACIAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word glacial.
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James Balog
Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLACIAL»

Discover the use of glacial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glacial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Glacial Environments
Emphasizing the range oferosional and depositional landforms, drawing on the older geologicalrecord, according due attention to the exciting recent developments inresearch on the marine environment, incorporating illustrations fromboth ...
M. J. Hambrey, 1994
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Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology
This book begins by exploring the role of field data acquisition and covers the practical aspects of preparing for fieldwork, discussing key logistical considerations.
Bryn Hubbard, Neil F. Glasser, 2005
3
Glacial Lake Missoula: And Its Humongous Floods
The story of colossal Ice Age floods that reshaped the Northwest and fostered new geologic thought.When geologist J Harlan Bretz walked the dry scabland channels of eastern Washington in the 1920s, he realized he was viewing a landscape ...
David D. Alt, 2001
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Glacial Period
During a glacial period set thousands of years from now, a small group of archeologists fall upon the Louvre, buried in snow, and do not understand all of the artifacts that they encounter. Original.
Nicolas de Crécy, 2006
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Earth's Glacial Record
This book discusses glacial or glacially-controlled sequences as markers of the Earth's geodynamic and climatic history.
M. Deynoux, J. M. G. Miller, E. W. Domack, 2004
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Earth's Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record
In this 1981 substantial work, M. J. Hambrey and W. B. Harland have assembled essays by leaders in the field of pre-Pleistocene glacial research.
M. J. Hambrey, W. B. Harland, 2011
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Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms
The new Second Edition of Glacial Geology provides a modern, comprehensive summary of glacial geology and geomorphology. It is has been thoroughly revised and updated from the original First Edition.
Matthew M. Bennett, Neil F. Glasser, 2011
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Global Climates: Since the Last Glacial Maximum
In discussions that encompass most of the world's continents and oceans, this book summarizes the geologic, paleoecologic, and oceanographic evidence for environmental and climatic changes during the past 18,000 years.
Herbert Edgar Wright, 1993
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Past glacial environments: sediments, forms, and techniques
This is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on this topic, and will form the basis for future work in the area.In studying past glacial environments, links are made between understanding modern glaciodynamics, ice ...
John Menzies, 1996
10
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

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLACIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glacial is used in the context of the following news items.
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Too few scientists track loss of Himalayan glaciers
To analyse the impacts of climate change, and to predict what will happen in the future in glacial regions, it is necessary to carry out what ... «RTCC, Jul 15»
2
Geothermal Heating Found Under West Antarctic Ice Sheet
This heating can also be the main factor as to why glacial streams possess an active flow presence on the ice sheet. This melting of the ice ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
3
The Yankees Are Primed for a Postseason Run
Right fielder Carlos Beltran jogs after balls in the outfield, and seemingly only has two speeds—slow, and glacial. It has all combined to make ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
JNU glaciologist blasts NGT order
Dr Milap Chand Sharma, Professor of Glacial Geomorphology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, has asked the people to challenge the ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
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The high price of Ireland's 'free' education
... particularly with the almost glacial roll-out of voluntary book rental schemes, the “Government is not honouring its constitutional obligation to ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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New Zealands Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown will leave you …
Mighty mountains, rugged coast, glacial lakes and rainforest caused the West Coast to be named by Lonely Planet as one of the great road ... «Crookwell Gazette, Jul 15»
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Mount Polley restart ignores water concerns: First Nations
The panel said the cause of the breach was a design flaw that failed to recognize a weak glacial soil layer beneath the dam, but other factors ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
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Lilly Fest for songwriters: 'Good as it gets'
It's a loam, glacial till, unique only to South Dakota.” It's what they want to do, is grow good stuff in South Dakota, he said. Now they all live back ... «The Capital Journal, Jul 15»
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Building Your Own PC Now Saves You More Money Than Ever
The equivalent in quality was $400 more — the Glacial 980, priced at $2699, seen below. That's the best deal I could find anywhere for the ... «Lifehacker Australia, Jul 15»
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Lessons from Iceland's Financial Crisis
This has been little discussed, perhaps because Iceland, a large volcanic and glacial island in the North Atlantic Ocean, with its population of ... «Caixin Media, Jul 15»
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