glaciation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action
    • Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe
  2. noun the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

WordNet


Gla`ci*a"tion noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913