glacial

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, or relating to glaciers.

   • We examined the glacial deposits.
   • Wang Shijin is a glacier expert and director of the Yulong Snow Mountain Glacial and Environmental Observation Research Station.
   • Users can see how a glacier at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania retreated between December 1986 and 2020, as well as glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020.
2. 2

   Very slow.

   • Paradoxically, then, the electronic speed offered by computer-based decision-making is often overwhelmed by the glacial speed of data reformatting and checking.
3. 3

   Cold and icy.

   • After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial.
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   1. 4

      Having the appearance of ice.

      • On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle.
   2. 5

      Cool and unfriendly.

      • He gave me a glacial stare.
   3. 6

      A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).

   4. 7

      Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

The neighborhood

• neighborenglacial
• neighborinterglacial
• neighbormonoglacial
• neighborperiglacial
• neighborpostglacial
• neighborpreglacial
• neighborproglacial
• neighborsubglacial
• neighborsupraglacial