glaciation
1. the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action - Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe • Derivationally related forms: glacial, glaciate • Hypernyms: environmental condition 2. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice • Derivationally related forms: glacial, glaciate • Hypernyms: geological process, geologic process • Hyponyms: Riss glaciation, Saale glaciation, Wolstonian glaciation
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