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glacioaqueous

Syllables: gla·ci·o·a·que·ous

glacioaqueous adjective: relating to, or formed by, both ice and water.

Adjective

glacioaqueous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or formed by, both ice and water.
    • The glacioaqueous interactions of water and ice can have a significant effect on the local geology
    • Some, like Hitchcock, whose studies in Massachusetts convinced him that ice played a role, thought it more appropriate to talk of a glacioaqueous theory to reflect combined forces of water and ice.December 20, 2014, Patsy Gernster, Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808–1866: American Geologist, University of Alabama Press, page 113
    Synonyms:
    aqueoglacial

Synonyms of glacioaqueous

Origin of glacioaqueous

From glacio- + aqueous.

Questions about glacioaqueous

What does glacioaqueous mean?
Glacioaqueous means relating to, or formed by, both ice and water.
What part of speech is glacioaqueous?
Glacioaqueous is an adjective.

Words near glacioaqueous in the dictionary

  1. glacio-eustasy
  2. glacio-eustatic
  3. glacio-fluvial
  4. glacio-hydro-isostatic
  5. glacioaquatic
  6. glacioaqueous
  7. glaciochemical
  8. glaciochemically
  9. glaciochemistry
  10. glaciodepositional
  11. glaciodynamic

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