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GLACIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("glaciation" is a kind of...):
geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glaciation"):
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)
Derivation:
glacial (relating to or derived from a glacier)
glaciate (become frozen and covered with glaciers)
glaciate (cover with ice or snow or a glacier)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action
Example:
Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("glaciation" is a kind of...):
environmental condition (the state of the environment)
Derivation:
glacial (relating to or derived from a glacier)
glaciate (become frozen and covered with glaciers)
glaciate (cover with ice or snow or a glacier)
