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glacial (iou)



glacial adjective & noun. M17.
[French, or Latin glacialis icy, from glacies ice: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of the nature of ice; (partly) consisting of ice; cold, icy, freezing (lit. & fig.). M17.
W. Golding We were too angry..for anything but the stiffest and most glacial farewell. C. Thubron Central Siberia, bounded by the glacial waters of the Arctic Ocean.
Chemistry. Crystalline (arch.); (esp. of pure acids) tending to form crystals resembling ice. Now chiefly in glacial acetic acid. M17.
Geology. Characterized or produced by the presence or agency of ice in the form of glaciers; pertaining to glaciers. M19.
glacial epoch, glacial period: during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface, esp. the Pleistocene epoch.
J. Montague The only beauty nearby is a small glacial lake sheltering between drumlin moons of mountains.
Of movement, progress: resembling that of a glacier, very slow. E20.
D. Acheson Negotiations with the Swiss moved at their glacial rate.
b. noun. A glacial epoch or period. M20.
glacialist noun a person who studies ice and esp. its action as a cause of certain geological phenomena M19.
glacially adverb M19.