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View synonyms for glacial epoch

glacial epoch

[gley-shuhl ep-uhk, ee-pok]

noun

  1. Also called ice ageAlso called glacial period,the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.

  2. any one of the Permian, Carboniferous, Cambrian, or Precambrian glaciations.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of glacial epoch1

First recorded in 1840–50

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