glaciologyn.
/ɡleɪʃɪˈɒlədʒi/ The science which treats of ice or glaciers.
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1889 in Cent. Dict.
1892 Nation (N.Y.) 29 Dec. 497/2 Already this suggestion finds favor among some of our leaders in glaciology.
1921 H. G. Ponting Great White South 138 Taylor could tell us more in an hour about Physiography and Glaciology than we could have absorbed in months of reading on such matters.
1971 Nature 12 Feb. 508/3 A synoptic view of the properties of ice for those engaged in research in glaciology, cloud physics and other related fields.
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