What does GLACIAL mean?

Definitions for GLACIAL
ˈgleɪ ʃəlglacial

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. glacialadjective

    relating to or derived from a glacier

    "glacial deposit"

  2. frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintryadjective

    devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

    "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

  3. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polaradjective

    extremely cold

    "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

Wiktionary

  1. glacialadjective

    of, or relating to glaciers

  2. glacialadjective

    very slowly

  3. glacialadjective

    cold and icy

  4. glacialadjective

    having the appearance of ice

  5. glacialadjective

    cool and unfriendly

  6. Glacialnoun

    Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

  7. Etymology: From glacial, from glacialis, from glacies.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Glacialadjective

    Icy; made of ice; frozen.

    Etymology: glacial, French; glacialis, Latin.

Wikipedia

  1. glacial

    A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) 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 is the current interglacial. A time with no glaciers on Earth is considered a greenhouse climate state.

ChatGPT

  1. glacial

    Glacial refers to anything related to glaciers - large masses of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow over a long period of time. Thus, "glacial" may refer to phenomena, processes or attributes characterised by, or related to, these huge ice formations, their movement and impact on the surrounding environment, or the epoch in which glaciers covered vast areas of the earth's surface, also known as the Ice Age. Moreover, in a figurative context, "glacial" can describe something as being very slow-moving, extremely cold, or emotionally detached and cool.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Glacialadjective

    pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena

  2. Glacialadjective

    resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids

  3. Etymology: [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Glacial

    glā′shi-al, adj. icy: frozen: pertaining to ice or its action, esp. to glaciers.—ns. Glā′cialist, one who attributes the phenomena of the drift in geology to the action of glaciers; Glāciā′tion, the act of freezing: ice: the process of becoming covered with glaciers. [Fr.,—L. glacialisglacies, ice.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GLACIAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GLACIAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of GLACIAL in a Sentence

  1. Carlos Curbelo:

    Every time we meet, we get a little closer. Sometimes that movement is glacial, so Raul Labrador really have to pay attention to observe it, but there is a way here, there is a way.

  2. Ashoor Ali:

    When we went to take stock of the state of the lake, what we noticed was shocking - a glacial lake on the verge of outburst.

  3. Matthew Bennett:

    It's the first unequivocal site and a good data point that places people in the American southwest around the last glacial maximum.

  4. Chuck Schumer:

    Because of the White House’s glacial pace, there are hundreds and hundreds of Senate confirmable positions without any pending nominee from the administration, and just 7 pending nominees before the Senate, instead of pointing fingers of blame, the administration ought to roll up their sleeves and send qualified nominees to the Senate.

  5. Michael Ingram:

    Given weakening economic momentum, downside risks to the outlook via trade and geopolitical risk and the current glacial progress to hitting the ECB's inflation target ... the odds are rates will remain at current levels for an even longer period.

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