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noun
The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena; an ice age
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A particular instance of glacier formation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of freezing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: geological process, geologic process
Narrower terms: Riss glaciation, Saale glaciation, Wolstonian glaciation
noun
the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: environmental condition
History
From French glaciation, from glace (“ice”).
