English Explanatory Dictionary

interglacial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).

noun

The relatively warm period between glacial periods.

Word forms

interglacial interglacials

Etymology

From inter- + glacial.

Related words

interstadial

Derived words

interglacially interglacial optimum

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