interglacial
interglacial adjective: occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
Adjective
interglacial (not comparable)
- Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
- Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71
Noun
interglacial (plural interglacials)
- The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
- The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209
interglacial meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese
interglacial in Tamil
- இடைப்பனிக்காலம்
interglacial in Vietnamese
- occurring between glaciations
- gian băng
Forms of interglacial
| plural | interglacials |
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Origin of interglacial
From inter- + glacial.
Words formed from interglacial
- interglacially
- interglacial optimum
Words that rhyme with interglacial
- glacial
- facial
- unifacial
- bifacial
- equifacial
- microfacial
- palatial
- parafacial
- spatial
- subglacial
- abbatial
- acousticofacial
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- acrofacial
- basifacial
- biracial
- brachyfacial
- buccofacial
- cardiofacial
- centrofacial
- cephalofacial
- cervicofacial
- cofacial
- craniofacial
- curatial
- cytofacial
- dentofacial
- distofacial
- dolichofacial
- enantiofacial
- endofacial
- englacial
- epifacial
- exofacial
- extrafacial
- gustofacial
- hemifacial
- intrafacial
- labiofacial
- linguofacial
- lithofacial
- mandibulofacial
- maxillofacial
- mesiofacial
- mesofacial
- midfacial
- minifacial
- multifacial
- multiracial
- musculofacial
- nasofacial
- nonfacial
- nonracial
- nonspatial
- oculofacial
- odontofacial
- orofacial
- oromaxillofacial
- orthofacial
- panfacial
- perifacial
Questions about interglacial
- What does interglacial mean?
- Interglacial means occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
- What is interglacial in Tamil?
- Interglacial in Tamil is இடைப்பனிக்காலம். See Interglacial meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is interglacial?
- Interglacial can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near interglacial in the dictionary
Source and license
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