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Synonyms for glaciation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gley-shee-eyt, -see-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgleɪ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-

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Définition of glaciation

Origin :
  • 1640s, noun of action from Latin glaciare "to freeze" (see glacis).
  • As in cold : noun frigid conditions
Example sentences :
  • It is that of a cold climate, accompanied by glaciation and boulder deposits.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Earth and Man » by J. W. Dawson
  • The development of glaciation was in strict accordance with existing conditions.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of Earth Lore » by James Geikie
  • The second glaciation was by far the greatest both in Europe and America.
  • Extract from : « Men of the Old Stone Age » by Henry Fairfield Osborn
  • It evidently belongs to the valley or to a later stage of glaciation.
  • Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
  • We have considered the Laurentian highland and the glaciation which centered there.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Continent » by Ellsworth Huntington
  • But since destruction by glaciation no way has been opened for their return.
  • Extract from : « The Chain of Life in Geological Time » by Sir J. William Dawson
  • Most of their results are the reverse of those which brought on glaciation.
  • Extract from : « Climatic Changes » by Ellsworth Huntington
  • Yet glaciation is now far less extensive than in the Pleistocene.
  • Extract from : « Climatic Changes » by Ellsworth Huntington
  • During the Archeozoic, no evidence of glaciation has yet been discovered.
  • Extract from : « Climatic Changes » by Ellsworth Huntington
  • Within the field of glaciation, so far as the ice rested bodily on the surface, the rocks were rapidly worn away.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of the Earth's History » by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

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