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1. (n.) ice age
(often caps.) the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
2. ice age
any one of the Permian, Carboniferous, Cambrian, or Precambrian glaciations.
Etymology: (1870–75)
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1. (noun) ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch
any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
"the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"
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Sense: a time when a great part of the earth's surface was covered with ice.
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 Afrikaans: ystyd, ystydperk |
 Arabic: العَصْر الجَليدي |
 Bulgarian: ледена епоха |
 Brazilian: idade do gelo |
 Czech: doba ledová |
 German: die Eiszeit |
 Danish: istid |
 Greek: εποχή των παγετώνων |
 Spanish: período glacial |
 Estonian: jääaeg |
 Farsi: عصر یخ |
 Finnish: jääkausi |
 French: période glaciaire |
 Hebrew: תְקוַּפת הַקֶרַח |
 Hindi: हिम युग |
 Croatian: ledeno doba |
 Hungarian: jégkorszak |
 Indonesian: zaman es |
 Icelandic: ísöld |
 Italian: era glaciale |
 Japanese: 氷河時代 |
 Korean: 빙하 시대 |
 Lithuanian: ledynmetis |
 Latvian: ledus laikmets |
 Malay: zaman ais |
 Dutch: ijstijd |
 Norwegian: istid |
 Polish: epoka lodowcowa |
 Persian: عصر یخ |
 Pashto: د يخ عصر |
 Portuguese: idade do gelo |
 Romanian: epocă glaciară |
 Russian: ледниковый период |
 Slovak: dobaľadová |
 Slovenian: ledena doba |
 Serbian: ledeno doba |
 Swedish: istid |
 Thai: ยุคน้ำแข็ง |
 Turkish: buzulçağı |
 Taiwanese: 冰河時期 |
 Ukrainian: льодовиковий період |
 Urdu: وہ عرصہ جب زمین کا زیادہ |
 Vietnamese: thời kỳ băng hà |
 Chinese: 冰河时代，冰期 |
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