stadial
/ˈsteɪdɪəl/
stadial adjective: pertaining to a glacial stade.
Adjective
stadial (comparative more stadial, superlative most stadial)
- Pertaining to a glacial stade.
- Pertaining to or existing in successive stages of a given culture, society etc.
- He drew on the growing ethnographic record contained in travellers' tales about extra-European societies to develop a stadial view of human evolution according to which each society passed through the stages of hunting, pastoral life, farming, and trading – a schema which had no place for...2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 188
Noun
stadial (plural stadials)
- A short, colder period within an interglacial; a stade.
Forms of stadial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more stadial |
| superlative | most stadial |
| Noun | |
| plural | stadials |
Origin of stadial
From Latin stadiālis, from stadium.
Words formed from stadial
- interstadial
- intrastadial
- stadialism
- stadialist
- stadially
- transstadial
- trans-stadial
- trans-stadially
Questions about stadial
- What does stadial mean?
- Stadial means pertaining to a glacial stade.
- What part of speech is stadial?
- Stadial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce stadial?
- Stadial is pronounced /ˈsteɪdɪəl/ (UK).
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