adj
Meaning 1
Between developmental stages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- the interstadial transmission of disease
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interstadial
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to a temporary period of thaw in the middle of an ice age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
Such a period.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English stadial English interstadial From inter- + stadial.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: interstadiaali — period of thaw