arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
(adjective) extremely cold; “an arctic climate”; “a frigid day”; “gelid waters of the North Atlantic”; “glacial winds”; “icy hands”; “polar weather”
frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
(adjective) 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”
glacial
(adjective) relating to or derived from a glacier; “glacial deposit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Glacial
(geology) Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.
• gallica
glacial (comparative more glacial, superlative most glacial)
Of, or relating to glaciers.
(figuratively) Very slow.
Cold and icy.
Having the appearance of ice.
(figuratively) Cool and unfriendly.
• englacial
• interglacial
• monoglacial
• periglacial
• postglacial
• preglacial
• proglacial
• subglacial
• supraglacial
glacial (plural glacials)
A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).
Synonym: ice age
• gallica
Source: Wiktionary
Gla"cial, a. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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