GLACIAL
\ɡlˈe͡ɪʃə͡l], \ɡlˈeɪʃəl], \ɡ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_əl]\
Definitions of GLACIAL
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
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devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
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relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
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relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
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extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
By Princeton University
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Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
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Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; - said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
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Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; - said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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[Latin] Pert. or appl. the Pleistocene epoch of the Quaternary period, characterised by periodic glaciation.
By J.H. Kenneth
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gl[=a]'shi-al, adj. icy: frozen: pertaining to ice or its action, esp. to glaciers.--ns. GL[=A]'CIALIST, one who attributes the phenomena of the drift in geology to the action of glaciers; GL[=A]CI[=A]'TION, the act of freezing: ice: the process of becoming covered with glaciers. [Fr.,--L. glacialis--glacies, ice.]
By Thomas Davidson
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[Latin] Of or pertaining to ice; assuming a crystalline form like that of ice, as G. acetic acid, G. phosphoric acid.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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[L.] Having a crystalline appearance, as glacial acetic acid.
By Henry Percy Smith
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