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- Dictionaryglacial/ˈɡleɪʃl/
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers: "thick glacial deposits"
- 2. denoting pure organic acids (especially acetic acid) which form ice-like crystals on freezing.
noun
- 1. a glacial period.
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GLACIAL definition: 1. made or left by a glacier: 2. extremely cold: 3. extremely unfriendly: . Learn more.
1. : suggestive of ice: such as. a. : extremely cold : frigid. a glacial wind. b. : devoid of warmth and cordiality. a glacial handshake. c. : coldly imperturbable. maintained a glacial calm. 2. : of a purity marked by the tendency to readily solidify in the form of ice-like crystals. glacial acetic acid. 3. a (1)
adjective. of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets. resulting from or associated with the action of ice or glaciers: glacial terrain. characterized by the presence of ice in extensive masses or glaciers. bitterly cold; icy: a glacial winter wind. Synonyms: wintry, frigid, freezing, chill. happening or moving extremely slowly:
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration. adjective. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. “a glacial handshake” synonyms: frigid, frosty, frozen, icy, wintry. cold.
If you say that a person, action, or atmosphere is glacial, you mean that they are very unfriendly or hostile. The Duchess's glare was glacial. Inside the jeep the atmosphere was glacial. If you say that something moves or changes at a glacial pace, you are emphasizing that it moves or changes very slowly.
glacial winds/temperatures; the glacial waters of the Arctic; The dining room was glacial. (formal) (of people) cold and unfriendly; not showing feelings synonym icy. Her expression was glacial. Relations between the two countries had always been glacial.
1. a. Of, relating to, or produced by a glacier. b. Extremely slow, like the movement of a glacier: Work proceeded at a glacial pace. 2. a. often Glacial Characterized or dominated by the existence of glaciers. Used of a geologic epoch. b. Pleistocene. See Table at geologic time. 3. Extremely cold; icy: a glacial rain. See Synonyms at cold. 4.
GLACIAL definition: relating to glaciers or ice: . Learn more.
GLACIAL meaning: 1 : of or relating to glaciers produced or caused by glaciers; 2 : very cold frigid sometimes used figuratively.
Glacial Definition. Of or like ice or glaciers. Of or produced by a glacier or a glacial epoch or period. Freezing; frigid. Glacial weather. As slow as the movement of a glacier. Glacial progress. Pleistocene. (geology) Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.
