GLACIATION - Definition

Pronunciation:		gl`eyshee'eyshun
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice [n] the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action

	See Also:	environmental condition, geological process, Riss glaciation, Saale glaciation, Wolstonian glaciation

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Gla`ci*a"tion\, n. 1. Act of freezing. 2. That which is formed by freezing; ice. 3. The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.