GLACIATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("glaciation" is a kind of...):

geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glaciation"):

Riss glaciation (the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time)

Saale glaciation (the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time)

Wolstonian glaciation (the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time)

Derivation:

glacial (relating to or derived from a glacier)

glaciate (become frozen and covered with glaciers)

glaciate (cover with ice or snow or a glacier)

Meaning:

The condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action

Example:

Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe