Glacial /(?)/
Gla·cial
Glacial
a.
- Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
- Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. (Chem.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Glacial acid
- 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
- earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift.
- Glacial epoch
- 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
- See Glacier theory, under Glacier.