glacial period
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) any period of time during which a large part of the earth's surface was covered with ice, due to the advance of glaciers, as in the late Carboniferous period, and during most of the Pleistocene; glaciation
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (often capitals) the Pleistocene epoch Also called glacial epoch ice age
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| Noun | 1. |  glacial period - any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"geological period, period - a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" prehistoric culture, prehistory - the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
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