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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)
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.
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:
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 meaning: 1 : of or relating to glaciers produced or caused by glaciers; 2 : very cold frigid sometimes used figuratively.
GLACIAL definition: relating to glaciers or ice: . Learn more.
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.
1. adjective. Glacial means relating to or produced by glaciers or ice. [technical] ...a true glacial landscape with U-shaped valleys. 2. adjective [usu ADJ n] If you say that something moves or changes at a glacial pace, you are emphasizing that it moves or changes very slowly. [emphasis] Change occurs at a glacial pace. More Synonyms of glacial.
