GLACIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glaciation mean? 

• GLACIATION (noun)
  The noun GLACIATION has 2 senses:

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

2. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

  Familiarity information: GLACIATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLACIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe

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

environmental condition (the state of the environment)

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)

Sense 2

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)