glacial ['gleɪsɪəl, -ʃ(ə)l]
adjective
1 relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers: thick glacial deposits | a glacial lake
- very cold; icy: glacial temperatures figurative his glacial blue eyes
- extremely slow (like the movement of a glacier): an official described progress in the talks as glacial
2 Chemistry denoting pure organic acids (especially acetic acid) which form ice-like crystals on freezing.
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glacial period παγετώδης εποχή (interglacial = μεσοπαγετώδης)
A glacial period (or alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate within an ice age. The last glacial period ended about 15,000 years ago; The Holocene epoch is the current interglacial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_period
(very cold) παγερός, ψυχρός, πολικός
(very slow) glacial progress (αφόρητα) αργή πρόοδος, βραδύτατη πρόοδος
(χημ.) παγόμορφος. glacial acetic acid παγόμορφο οξικό οξύ.
adjective
1 relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers: thick glacial deposits | a glacial lake
- very cold; icy: glacial temperatures figurative his glacial blue eyes
- extremely slow (like the movement of a glacier): an official described progress in the talks as glacial
2 Chemistry denoting pure organic acids (especially acetic acid) which form ice-like crystals on freezing.
(ODE)
Έχουμε και λέμε:
glacial period παγετώδης εποχή (interglacial = μεσοπαγετώδης)
A glacial period (or alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate within an ice age. The last glacial period ended about 15,000 years ago; The Holocene epoch is the current interglacial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_period
(very cold) παγερός, ψυχρός, πολικός
(very slow) glacial progress (αφόρητα) αργή πρόοδος, βραδύτατη πρόοδος
(χημ.) παγόμορφος. glacial acetic acid παγόμορφο οξικό οξύ.