glacial period

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

Thesaurus

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" glacial epoch, ice age 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

Translations

glacial period

n → Eiszeit f, → Glazial nt (form)