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ice age in Arabic

عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ ʕaṣr jalīdiyy

/ˈaɪ.seɪd͡ʒ/

ice age in Arabic: عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ (ʕaṣr jalīdiyy). In English, ice age means a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.

Arabic words for ice age

period of glaciation at the poles
عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ ʕaṣr jalīdiyy
any of several glacial periods
عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ ʕaṣr jalīdiyy

English meaning of ice age

  1. noun A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
  2. noun Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).

Full definition of ice age

ice age in a sentence

  • The earth is currently in the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, an ice age that began 33.9 million years ago with the Antarctic Ice Cap.

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Questions about ice age in Arabic

What is the meaning of ice age in Arabic?
Ice age in Arabic is عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ (ʕaṣr jalīdiyy).
ما معنى كلمة ice age؟
Ice age: عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ (ʕaṣr jalīdiyy).
What does ice age mean in English?
Ice age means a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.

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