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Definition of Glaciation

1. Noun. 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. Noun. The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice.

Definition of Glaciation

1. n. Act of freezing.

Definition of Glaciation

1. Noun. Act of freezing. ¹

2. Noun. That which is formed by freezing; ice. ¹

3. Noun. The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glaciation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaciation

glacial boulder glacial drift glacial erratic glacial erratics glacial period glacial phosphoric acid glacial polish glacialist glacialists glacially

glacials glaciate glaciated glaciates glaciating glaciation (current term) glaciations glacier glacier lily glaciered

glacierlike glaciers glacimarine glacioeustasy glacioeustatic glaciolacustrine glaciologic glaciological glaciologically

Literary usage of Glaciation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"NOTES ON glaciation IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE, COLORADO' CE SIEBENTHAL In connection with an examination of the artesian basin of the San Luis Valley, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE THE SOUTHERNMOST glaciation IN THE UNITED STATES IN' a recent number of SCIENCE' HW Fairbanks and EP Carey report evidences of ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"General Distribution of the glaciation. More than half of the area of the ... The glaciation was, therefore, pronouncedly localized, as was that of the ..."

4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"General Distribution of the glaciation. More than half of the area of the ... The glaciation was, therefore, pronouncedly localized, as was that of the ..."

5. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"glaciation of Scandinavia and Russia.—In large tracts of Norway and Sweden, where there have been no glaciers in historical times, the signs of ice-action ..."

6. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Asia Minor, and Syria—glaciation of the Himalayas-Traces of the Glacial Period in India—glaciation of the Thian Shan, the Altai, and other elevated tracts ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1885)
"Mr Hugh Miller on Boulder-glaciation. been in the habit of giving to the glaciation of boulders something of the attention that it is usual to bestow upon ..."

8. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"glaciation of Scandinavia and Bassia—glaciation of Scotland—Marine shells in ... glaciation of Scandinavia and Russia—In large tracts of Norway and Sweden, ..."

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