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English Dictionary: glacial by the DICT Development Group
2 results for glacial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glacial
adj
  1. relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
  2. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
    Synonym(s): frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
  3. extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
    Synonym(s): arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glacial \Gla"cial\, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F.
      glacial.]
      1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice;
            frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial
            phenomena. --Lyell.
  
      2. (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and
            consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds;
            as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
  
      {Glacial acid} (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as
            to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike
            form; as acetic or carbolic acid.
  
      {Glacial drift} (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been
            transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder
            drift.
  
      {Glacial} {epoch [or] period} (Geol.), a period during which
            the climate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and
            ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to
            the mountain tops.
  
      {Glacial} {theory [or] hypothesis}. (Geol.) See {Glacier
            theory}, under {Glacier}.
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