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GLACIALS
Noun
glacials
plural of glacial
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GLACIAL
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
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