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GLACIAL EPOCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
Synonyms:
Glacial epoch; Pleistocene; Pleistocene epoch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)
Holonyms ("Glacial epoch" is a part of...):
Age of Man; Quaternary; Quaternary period (last 2 million years)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
Example:
the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene
Synonyms:
glacial epoch; glacial period; ice age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("glacial epoch" is a kind of...):
geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)
Holonyms ("glacial epoch" is a part of...):
prehistoric culture; prehistory (the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word)
