Definitions for glacial
ˈgleɪ ʃəlglacial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. glacialadjective

   relating to or derived from a glacier

   "glacial deposit"

2. frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintryadjective

   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. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polaradjective

   extremely cold

   "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. glacialadjective

   of, or relating to glaciers

2. glacialadjective

   very slowly

3. glacialadjective

   cold and icy

4. glacialadjective

   having the appearance of ice

5. glacialadjective

   cool and unfriendly

6. Glacialnoun

   Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

7. Etymology: From glacial, from glacialis, from glacies.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Glacialadjective

   Icy; made of ice; frozen.

   Etymology: glacial, French; glacialis, Latin.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. glacial

   A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate between glacial periods. The Last Glacial Period ended about 15,000 years ago. The Holocene is the current interglacial. A time with no glaciers on Earth is considered a greenhouse climate state.

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1. glacial

   Glacial refers to anything related to glaciers - large masses of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow over a long period of time. Thus, "glacial" may refer to phenomena, processes or attributes characterised by, or related to, these huge ice formations, their movement and impact on the surrounding environment, or the epoch in which glaciers covered vast areas of the earth's surface, also known as the Ice Age. Moreover, in a figurative context, "glacial" can describe something as being very slow-moving, extremely cold, or emotionally detached and cool.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Glacialadjective

   pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena

2. Glacialadjective

   resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids

3. Etymology: [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Glacial

   glā′shi-al, adj. icy: frozen: pertaining to ice or its action, esp. to glaciers.—ns. Glā′cialist, one who attributes the phenomena of the drift in geology to the action of glaciers; Glāciā′tion, the act of freezing: ice: the process of becoming covered with glaciers. [Fr.,—L. glacialis—glacies, ice.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of glacial in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of glacial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of glacial in a Sentence

1. Chen Chunyan:

   Continued high temperature has accelerated glacial melting in mountainous areas, and caused natural disasters such as flash floods, mudslides, and landslides in many places.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   Because of the White House’s glacial pace, there are hundreds and hundreds of Senate confirmable positions without any pending nominee from the administration, and just 7 pending nominees before the Senate, instead of pointing fingers of blame, the administration ought to roll up their sleeves and send qualified nominees to the Senate.

3. Sam Hook:

   One of the things that we noticed which was quite interesting was that these lakes are actually, in some cases, warming faster than the air temperatures because the air temperatures, you know, change in an instant, whereas the water temperatures, they reflect what is going on in the entire environment around them. So, it could be a reflection of there being less cloud cover, it could be a consequence of more glacial melt water coming into the lake. All these different processes taking place and they integrate them and they warm more gradually but the consequences of that warming can be very serious.

4. Michael Ingram:

   Given weakening economic momentum, downside risks to the outlook via trade and geopolitical risk and the current glacial progress to hitting the ECB's inflation target ... the odds are rates will remain at current levels for an even longer period.

5. Adam Brumm:

   They must have done so using relatively sophisticated watercraft of some kind, as there were no land bridges between the islands, even during the glacial peaks of the last ice age, when global sea levels were up to 140 meters( 459 feet) lower than they are today.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=glacial
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Glacial
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=glacial
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glacial
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=glacial
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=glacial