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glacial polish

glacial polish noun: the appearance of rock after having been worn smooth by a passing glacier.

Noun

glacial polish (usually uncountable, plural glacial polishes)

  1. (usually) The appearance of rock after having been worn smooth by a passing glacier.
    • Tenaya Lake was at one time under as much as 2,460 feet of glacial ice that produced a pressure of about 74 tons per square foot and extensive glacial polish (fig. 18).2001, Bill Guyton, Glaciers of California
    • Glacial polish on lee surfaces may reflect this sorting.2002, John Menzies, Modern and Past Glacial Environments: Revised Student Edition

Forms of glacial polish

pluralglacial polishes

Questions about glacial polish

What does glacial polish mean?
Glacial polish means the appearance of rock after having been worn smooth by a passing glacier.
What part of speech is glacial polish?
Glacial polish is a noun.
What is the plural of glacial polish?
The plural of glacial polish is glacial polishes.

Words near glacial polish in the dictionary

  1. glacial maximum
  2. glacial milk
  3. glacial milks
  4. glacial period
  5. glacial periods
  6. glacial polish
  7. glacial polishes
  8. glacial till
  9. glacial tills
  10. glacial trough
  11. glacial troughs

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