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What (who) is glacial - definition

INTERVAL OF TIME WITHIN AN ICE AGE THAT IS MARKED BY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND GLACIER ADVANCES
Glaciation; Glaciations; Glacial; Glacial Period; Glacial periods; Glacials; Glacial interval
  • CO<sub>2</sub>]], measured from ice core samples going back 800,000 years. The stage names are part of the North American and the European Alpine subdivisions. The correlation between both subdivisions is tentative.

glacial         
excruciatingly slow, inspired by the inch per year movement of glaciers
glacial         
['gle?s??l, -?(?)l]
¦ adjective
1. relating to ice, especially in the form of glaciers.
2. extremely cold.
unfriendly or unemotional.
3. Chemistry denoting pure organic acids (especially acetic acid) which form ice-like crystals on freezing.
¦ noun Geology a glacial period.
Derivatives
glacially adverb
Origin
C17: from Fr., or from L. glacialis 'icy'.
glacial         
a.
1.
Icy, frozen, consisting of ice, icy-looking.
2.
Of glaciers, pertaining to glaciers.

Wikipedia

Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate between glacial periods. The Last Glacial Period ended about 15,000 years ago. The Holocene is the current interglacial. A time with no glaciers on Earth is considered a greenhouse climate state.

Examples of use of glacial
1. By Hannah Hennessy BBC News, Huaraz The glacial retreat at Pastoruri shows no sign of stopping The stalactites hang like glass daggers over the glacial lake.
2. Progress has come "at a glacial rate," said Martin.
3. The most dramatic danger comes from glacial lake outburst floods.
4. The old dial–up internet offered a glacial 56k connection.
5. The glacial wasteland must be swiftly demilitarised and borders drawn to mutual satisfaction.