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firn F0141400 (fîrn)n. Granular, partially consolidated snow that has passed through one summer melt season but is not yet glacial ice. Also called old snow.
[German, from German dialectal (Alemannic), of last year, from Old High German firni, old; see per in Indo-European roots.]firn (fɪən) n (Geological Science) another name for névé1[C19: from German (Swiss dialect) firn of the previous year, from Old High German firni old]né•vé (neɪˈveɪ)
n., pl. -vés. 1. granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice. 2. a field of such snow. Also called firn. [1850–55; < Franco-Provençal] Translationsfirn
firn[fərn] (hydrology) Material transitional between snow and glacier ice; it is formed from snow after existing through one summer melt season and becomes glacier ice when its permeability to liquid water drops to zero. Also known as firn snow. FIRN
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