About The Word Glacier
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Glacier
Glacier Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Glacier?
[n] a slowly moving mass of ice
Synonyms | Synonyms for Glacier: Related Terms | Find terms related to Glacier: berg | calf | cryosphere | Dry Ice | firn | floe | frazil | frozen water | glaciation | glacieret | glaze | glazed frost | granular snow | ground ice | growler | ice | ice banner | ice barrier | ice belt | ice cave | ice cubes | ice dike | ice field | ice floe | ice foot | ice front | ice island | ice needle | ice pack | ice pinnacle | ice raft | ice sheet | iceberg | icefall | icequake | icicle | jokul | lolly | neve | nieve penitente | pack ice | serac | shelf ice | sleet | slob | sludge | snow ice | snowberg See Also | Alpine glacier | Alpine type of glacier | continental glacier | ice | ice mass | icefall | moraine | Piedmont glacier | Piedmont type of glacier | water ice Glacier In Webster's Dictionary \Gla"cier\, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.]
An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of
perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or
valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in
Greenland.
Note: The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a
glacier is called the firn, or n['e]v['e]; the glacier
proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where
broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction
of its path. A glacier usually carries with it
accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which
are designated, according to their position, as
lateral, medial, or terminal (see {Moraine}). The
common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten
to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that
in winter.
{Glacier theory} (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the
frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during
the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of
this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface,
called drift or diluvium, were transported and
accumulated.
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