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1. (adj.) glacial
of or pertaining to glaciers or ice sheets.
2. glacial
resulting from or associated with the action of ice or glaciers:
glacial terrain.
3. glacial
characterized by the presence of ice in extensive masses or glaciers.
4. glacial
bitterly cold; icy.
5. glacial
happening or moving extremely slowly.
6. glacial
icily unsympathetic:
a glacial stare.
7. glacial
of, pertaining to, or tending to develop into icelike crystals:
glacial phosphoric acid.
Etymology: (1650–60; < L glaciālis icy)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) glacial
relating to or derived from a glacier
"glacial deposit"
2. (adj) frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
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"
3. (adj) arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
extremely cold
"an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) glacial
pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena
2. (adj) glacial
resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids
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Sense: of glaciers; formed by ice
a glacial valley; glacial deposits.
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 Afrikaans: glasiale, bevriesde |
 Arabic: جَليدي |
 Bulgarian: ледников |
 Brazilian: glacial |
 Czech: ledový, ledovcový |
 German: glasierte |
 Danish: gletscher- |
 Greek: κρυσταλλωμένος, παγωμένος |
 Spanish: glacial |
 Estonian: liustiku-, jää- |
 Farsi: یخ مانند؛ یخرودی |
 Finnish: jäätikkö- |
 French: glaciaire |
 Hebrew: קרחוני |
 Hindi: हिमनदीय |
 Croatian: leden |
 Hungarian: befagyott, glaciális |
 Indonesian: dari es |
 Italian: glaciale |
 Japanese: 氷河の |
 Korean: 얼음의 |
 Lithuanian: ledyninis, ledynų |
 Latvian: ledus-; ledāja- |
 Malay: glasier |
 Dutch: glaciaal, van ijs |
 Norwegian: bre-; istids- |
 Polish: lodowcowy |
 Persian: یخ مانند؛ یخرودی |
 Pashto: لکه یخ |
 Russian: ледниковый |
 Slovak: ľadový, ľadovcový |
 Slovenian: ledeniški |
 Serbian: lednički |
 Swedish: glacial, glaciär- |
 Thai: ซึ่งเป็นน้ำแข็ง |
 Turkish: buzullu |
 Taiwanese: 冰河的, 寒冰形成的 |
 Ukrainian: льодовий |
 Urdu: برف کا ، برفیلا |
 Vietnamese: do các băng hà gây ra |
 Chinese: 冰河的，冰河期的 |
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