ice age
/ˈaɪ.seɪd͡ʒ/
ice age 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.
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Noun (1)
ice age (plural ice ages)
- 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.
- 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.
- Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).
- The cause of ice ages, Köppen decided, is to be found in cool summers, not brutal winters.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 377
Noun (2) capitalized: Ice Age
Ice Age (plural Ice Ages)
- Alternative letter-case form of ice age.
- […] and the sloping collection of fractured rocks—known as talus—that tumbled down from the quartzite bluffs during the repeated freezings and unfreezings of the last Ice Age.2015, Kevin Revolinski, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Madison (page 116)
ice age meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ice age in Hindi
- period of glaciation at the poles
- हिमयुग himyug
- any of several glacial periods
- हिमयुग himyug
ice age in Tamil
- any of several glacial periods
- பனி யுகம் paṉi yukam
ice age in Urdu
- any of several glacial periods
- بَرْفَانی دَور barfānī daur, بَرْفَانی عَہْد barfānī 'ahd
ice age in Bengali
- any of several glacial periods
- হিমযুগ himojug
More languagesFewer languages
- ice age in Malayalam
- ഹിമയുഗം himayugaṁ
- ice age in Kannada
- ಹಿಮಯುಗ himayuga
- ice age in Tagalog
- panahon ng yelo
- ice age in Arabic
- عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ ʕaṣr jalīdiyy
- ice age in Malay
- zaman air batu
- ice age in Indonesian
- zaman es
- ice age in Thai
- ยุคน้ำแข็ง yúk-nám-kɛ̌ng
- ice age in Vietnamese
- kỷ băng hà
- ice age in Myanmar
- ရေခဲခေတ် rehkai:hket
- Kashmiri
- یَخہٕ زَمانہٕ yakhụ zamānụ
Forms of ice age
| plural | ice ages |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ice Age |
| plural | Ice Ages |
Origin of ice age
Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit.
Words formed from ice age
Questions about ice age
- What does ice age mean?
- 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.
- What is ice age in Hindi?
- Ice age in Hindi is हिमयुग (himyug). See Ice age meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ice age?
- Ice age is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ice age?
- Ice age is pronounced /ˈaɪ.seɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of ice age?
- The plural of ice age is ice ages.
Words near ice age in the dictionary
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