单词 | glaciation |
释义 | glaciationn.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition > freezing or becoming frozen freezinga1398 congelationc1540 glaciation1646 congealing1762 gelation1854 freeze-up1876 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 54 So is it [Ice] plaine upon the surface of water, but round in hayle, (which is also a glaciacion ). View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Robinson Calm Ventilation Pseudodoxia Epidemica in Endoxa 120 A violent motion of water, is a preservative against glaciation. 1690 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso i. 66 'Tis plain..that by Glaciation, Water is rather expanded. 2. Geology. The condition of being covered by an ice-sheet or by glaciers; glacial action or its result. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > glaciation > [noun] ice work1843 glaciation1863 periglaciation1957 the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > state of being covered with glaciation1863 glacialation1889 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ix. 165 These erratic blocks..are often polished and striated, having undergone what is called glaciation. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) I. i. xiii. 283 Mr. Croll's Theory of alternate glaciation. 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. v. 117 The climate must have been arctic in its severity during this period of glaciation. 1881 Nature No. 626. 606 Between Reykjavik and Hafnarfjörd the glaciation is distinctly from south-east to north-west. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1646 |
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