GLACIAL EPOCH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution

Synonyms:

Glacial epoch; Pleistocene; Pleistocene epoch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Instance hypernyms:

epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)

Holonyms ("Glacial epoch" is a part of...):

Meaning:

Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

Example:

the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene

Synonyms:

glacial epoch; glacial period; ice age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("glacial epoch" is a kind of...):

geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)

Holonyms ("glacial epoch" is a part of...):

prehistoric culture; prehistory (the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word)