English Explanatory Dictionary

periglaciation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Geomorphic processes resulting from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refreezes in ice wedges and other structures.

Word forms

periglaciation periglaciations

Etymology

From peri- + glaciation.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary