Glacial
Glacial , adjective
[Latin glacialis, from glacies ice: compare French glacial.]
1.
Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. — Lyell
2.
(Chemistry) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
Collocations (4)
Glacial acid (Chemistry) , 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 (Geology) , earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift.
Glacial epoch or Glacial period (Geology) , 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.