glacial betydelse and definition

Betydelse av glacial på svenska

• 0 made or left by a glacier:

  • glacial deposits

  • glacial temperatures

  • a glacial period

• 1 extremely unfriendly:

  • She gave me a glacial stare.

• 2 extremely slow:

  • The case is moving forward at a glacial pace.

  • The scenery rolled past at a speed that seemed positively glacial.

• 3 short for glacial period : a very cold period during the earth's history when large masses of ice covered much of the earth's surface:

  • An ice core dating back 740,000 years has revealed eight ice ages, or glacials, followed by shorter interglacial periods.