glaciation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena; an ice age
2. (countable, uncountable) A particular instance of glacier formation.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of freezing.

Concepts

glaciation

Synonymes

bitterness

chill

chilliness

cold

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coldness

coolness

freeze

frost

frostiness

gelidity

nip

frigidity

frozeness

glacial action

iciness

glacier

ice erosion

ice stream

glacial erosion

Traductions

glaciació

Vereisung

glaciación

glaciazione

glaciatie

glaciação

التجميد

buzul ile kaplanma

Vergletscherung

παγετώνας

ijstijd

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French glaciation, from glace (“ice”).