glacial
Meanings
Adjective
- Of, or relating to glaciers.
- Very slow.
- Cold and icy.
- Having the appearance of ice.
- Cool and unfriendly.
Noun
- A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).
Related
Narrower meaning words
- englacial
- interglacial
- monoglacial
- periglacial
- postglacial
- preglacial
- proglacial
- subglacial
- supraglacial
Origin
- From French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs. The sense "slow" refers to the speed of actual glaciers, typically around 1 meter per day.
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