Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - glacial
Glacial
glacial
adj. 1 of ice; icy. 2 Geol. characterized or produced by the presence or agency of ice. 3 Chem. forming icelike crystals upon freezing (glacial acetic acid). Phrases and idioms glacial epoch (or period) a period when ice-sheets were exceptionally extensive. Derivatives glacially adv. Etymology: F glacial or L glacialis icy f. glacies ice
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adjective Etymology: Latin ~is, from glacies Date: 1656 suggestive of ice: as, extremely cold ; frigid , devoid of warmth and cordiality , coldly imperturbable , of a purity marked by the tendency to readily solidify in the form of ice-like crystals , 3. a. of, relating to, or being any of those parts of geologic time from Precambrian onward when a much larger portion of the earth was covered by glaciers than at present, Pleistocene, of, relating to, or produced by glaciers, suggestive of the very slow movement of glaciers , ~ly adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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