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gla·ci·ate

(glā′shē-āt′, -sē-)

tr.v. gla·ci·at·ed, gla·ci·at·ing, gla·ci·ates

a. To cover with ice or a glacier.

b. To subject to or affect by glacial action.

2. To freeze.

[Latin glaciāre, glaciāt-, to freeze, from glaciēs, ice; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

gla′ci·a′tion n.

glaciation

1. The effects on land of ice sheets or glaciers that erode rocks and deposit the rock debris.

2. A time when ice sheets develop and spread.

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Noun	1.	glaciation - 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" environmental condition - the state of the environment
	2.	glaciation - the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice geologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified Riss glaciation - the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time Saale glaciation - the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time Wolstonian glaciation - the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time

Translations

glaciazione

glaciation

[ˌgleɪsɪˈeɪʃən] N → glaciación f

glaciation

[ˌgleɪsiˈeɪʃ^ən] n

(= process) → glaciation f

(= period) → glaciation f

glaciation

[ˌgleɪsɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → glaciazione f

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