Definitions for glaciation
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gla•ci•ateˈgleɪ ʃiˌeɪt, -si-(v.)-at•ed, -at•ing.
(v.t.)to cover with ice or glaciers.
Category: Geology
to affect by glacial action.
Category: Geology
(v.i.)to become frozen or covered with ice or glaciers.
Category: Geology
Origin of glaciate:
1615–25; < L glaciātus, ptp. of glaciāre to freeze, der. of glaciēs ice
gla`ci•a′tion(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
glaciation(noun)
the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action
"Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe"
glaciation(noun)
the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
Wiktionary
glaciation(Noun)
Act of freezing.
glaciation(Noun)
That which is formed by freezing; ice.
glaciation(Noun)
The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
Webster Dictionary
Glaciation(noun)
act of freezing
Glaciation(noun)
that which is formed by freezing; ice
Glaciation(noun)
the process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena
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