单词 | glacification |
释义 | glacificationn. a. The action of converting into ice. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > [noun] > formation conglaciation1640 glacification1860 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. v. 252 The second great agent in the process of glacification, namely pressure. b. The action of covering with ice. ΚΠ 1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism 63 The diluvial period..includes, both in Europe and America, a repeated glacification of countries, and vast portions of the world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1860 |
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