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polyglacial

adj

Etymology

From poly- + glacial.

  1. derived from glaciālis
  2. borrowed from glacial
  3. prefixed as polyglacial — “poly + glacial”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to multiple periods of glacial formation separated by warmer interglacial…

    Pertaining to multiple periods of glacial formation separated by warmer interglacial periods.

    • The polyglacial concept (that is, the existence of many glacial periods and climate cyclicity) became accepted.
    • Our knowledge of Pleistocene glaciation has clearly shown that an ice age is not monoglacial, but polyglacial; i.e., during a single ice age several colder glacial [times] episodes alternate with warmer interglacial [times] episodes.

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