ice age

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

1. A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
2. (colloquial) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).

Sinonimai

glacial period

glacial epoch

Pleistocene

Glacial epoch

drift period

glacial stage

Vertimai

Eiszeit

période glaciaire

era glaciale

período glacial

glaciation

ijstijd

época glacial

època glacial

idade do gelo

període glacial

glaziale Epoche

era glacial

era do gelo

glaciación

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit.