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Princeton's WordNet

  1. glaciationnoun

    the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action

    "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe"

  2. glaciationnoun

    the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

Wiktionary

  1. glaciationnoun

    Act of freezing.

  2. glaciationnoun

    That which is formed by freezing; ice.

  3. glaciationnoun

    The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Glaciationnoun

    The act of turning into ice; ice formed.

    Etymology: from glaciate.

    Ice is plain upon the surface of water, but round in hail, which is also a glaciation, and figured in its guttulous descent from the air. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. ii. c. 1.

Wikipedia

  1. glaciation

    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.

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  1. glaciation

    Glaciation is a geological process involving the formation, movement, and recession of glaciers, which significantly affect the surface of the Earth by eroding its surface, transporting and depositing sediments, and causing changes in sea level. This process can also reference to the state of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets, typically during an ice age.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Glaciationnoun

    act of freezing

  2. Glaciationnoun

    that which is formed by freezing; ice

  3. Glaciationnoun

    the process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of glaciation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of glaciation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of glaciation in a Sentence

  1. Oliver Jagoutz:

    It seems like the climate state the Earth likes to be in is hotter than today, and these glaciation periods are unusual, and if they are unusual, there must be something specific happening.

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