Glacial
adjective
Extremely cold.
He shivered in the glacial wind.
Often appears as...
- glacial wind
- glance
adjective
Moving or happening very slowly.
The legislation is moving at a glacial pace.
Often appears as...
- glacial pace
- progress
adjective
Related to, caused by or carried by glaciers.
The glacial features of this landscape were created thousands of years ago.
Often appears as...
- glacial features
- erosion
adjective
Extremely cold.
He shivered in the glacial wind.
Often appears as...
- glacial wind
- glance
adjective
Moving or happening very slowly.
The legislation is moving at a glacial pace.
Often appears as...
- glacial pace
- progress
adjective
Related to, caused by or carried by glaciers.
The glacial features of this landscape were created thousands of years ago.
Often appears as...
- glacial features
- erosion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Cold
Describes a biting cold that can be physically felt, not just a low temperature.
Her fingers felt numb in the glacial water.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Cold
Often used to describe a person's cold behavior or unwelcoming attitude.
His glacial reply left her feeling unwelcome.
Pro Tip 3/3Amped Atmosphere
Use 'glacial' to emphasize a chilly and intense environment, especially outdoors.
The glacial air at night reminded them of the approaching winter.
Compare with
arcticchillcoldfreezefrigidfrostyicypolar
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The secrets I find on...
I'm going to illustrate what I think we've found about climate from those corals in the Southern Ocean. We went up and down sea mountains. We collected little fossil corals. This is my illustration of that. We think back in the glacial, from the analysis we've made in the corals, that the deep part of the Southern Ocean was very rich in carbon,
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Cloudy climate change:...
with some regions becoming drier and less productive, but others becoming warmer, wetter and more productive. On the other hand, a rise of 4.5 degrees Celsius would be similar in magnitude to the warming that's occurred since the last glacial maximum 22,000 years ago,
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Climate 101: Glaciers PIPE...
they raise sea levels, adding fresh water to the ocean every day. The loss of glacial ice also reduces the amount of fresh water available for plants and animals on land. Large additions of fresh water change the ocean ecosystem, as well ocean currents.
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Stone Clothing PIPE The...
from the whole glacier carries glacial silt hundreds of miles depositing it right on the banks of the river the silt ears rumored to have nutrients that help the skin and provide insulation that's your stone suit they'll be talking a nice stone suit
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24 hours on Earth -- in...
We assume that the greatest threat of glacial melt will be sea level rise, which will certainly have major impacts on coastlines and populations around the world. But within this image, we discover that perhaps the greatest threat from glacial melt
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
diverted straight down where you can blow the sand away and as you get close to artifact level which is very deep it's now we're finding 30 feet under the sand artifacts migrate to a layer of Pleistocene glacial till we just found
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
the glaciers would once again grow and plummet down the valleys destroying everything in their path and the exact opposite happened an unthinkable trend of warming and in glacial recession and glacial lake formation likewise the
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Bridges should be...
compared to the changes that happen in mobile phone technology and computers and digital technologies and so on. In our world of construction, the changes seem positively glacial. And the reason for this can be summarized in one
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Mapping the Highest Peak...
it's the tallest mountain in the world the big questions this expedition is answering is how climate change is happening in the high mountain regions maps are a critical tool for being able to measure the changes in the glacial
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The warning sounds of a...
most visitors to glacial fjords will recognize and notice the sizzling sound of icebergs melting around their boat but while this sound is barely audible through the air it creates a deafening
Video examples
The secrets I find on...
I'm going to illustrate what I think we've found about climate from those corals in the Southern Ocean. We went up and down sea mountains. We collected little fossil corals. This is my illustration of that. We think back in the glacial, from the analysis we've made in the corals, that the deep part of the Southern Ocean was very rich in carbon,
Video examples
Cloudy climate change:...
with some regions becoming drier and less productive, but others becoming warmer, wetter and more productive. On the other hand, a rise of 4.5 degrees Celsius would be similar in magnitude to the warming that's occurred since the last glacial maximum 22,000 years ago,
Video examples
Climate 101: Glaciers PIPE...
they raise sea levels, adding fresh water to the ocean every day. The loss of glacial ice also reduces the amount of fresh water available for plants and animals on land. Large additions of fresh water change the ocean ecosystem, as well ocean currents.
Video examples
Stone Clothing PIPE The...
from the whole glacier carries glacial silt hundreds of miles depositing it right on the banks of the river the silt ears rumored to have nutrients that help the skin and provide insulation that's your stone suit they'll be talking a nice stone suit
Video examples
24 hours on Earth -- in...
We assume that the greatest threat of glacial melt will be sea level rise, which will certainly have major impacts on coastlines and populations around the world. But within this image, we discover that perhaps the greatest threat from glacial melt
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
diverted straight down where you can blow the sand away and as you get close to artifact level which is very deep it's now we're finding 30 feet under the sand artifacts migrate to a layer of Pleistocene glacial till we just found
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
the glaciers would once again grow and plummet down the valleys destroying everything in their path and the exact opposite happened an unthinkable trend of warming and in glacial recession and glacial lake formation likewise the
Video examples
Bridges should be...
compared to the changes that happen in mobile phone technology and computers and digital technologies and so on. In our world of construction, the changes seem positively glacial. And the reason for this can be summarized in one
Video examples
Mapping the Highest Peak...
it's the tallest mountain in the world the big questions this expedition is answering is how climate change is happening in the high mountain regions maps are a critical tool for being able to measure the changes in the glacial
Video examples
The warning sounds of a...
most visitors to glacial fjords will recognize and notice the sizzling sound of icebergs melting around their boat but while this sound is barely audible through the air it creates a deafening
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Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
In 2007, everything changed with the iPhone. As crippled as that first model now seems, with its lack of apps and glacial cellular connectivity, the iPhone was a practical, useful, self-contained computer a child could understand. It was an information appliance.
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Fred DeLuca
American Businessman
We have salads, some other beverages. But in reality, it's still fundamentally the same business. The most likely thing the next person will buy is a sandwich and a soft drink. After a half-century of glacial change, we're still pretty much the same business.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
First, I was a glacial blonde doing music programmes. Then I was the film kind of sexy bird late at night. It was frustrating like I guess it's frustrating for everyone who is not fully employing their talents.
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David Hewson
British Author
Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses.
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Amor Towles
American Novelist
In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel, architecture were all evolving, but at a pretty observable pace.
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Michael McDonald
I felt a real kinship with Steve Bruner. He's one of those guys that is so prolific that he has a hard time keeping up with himself. I'm the opposite and move at a glacial place.
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Donal Logue
Canadian Actor
If someone said, 'Think of a happy place for you,' I'd say a glacial plane near the South Pole, the wind howling, nobody in sight, a shack with a pot-belly stove and some tea.
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James Balog
American Photographer
Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine.
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John Quelch
American Educator
Consumer behaviour changes in a glacial fashion.
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Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
In 2007, everything changed with the iPhone. As crippled as that first model now seems, with its lack of apps and glacial cellular connectivity, the iPhone was a practical, useful, self-contained computer a child could understand. It was an information appliance.
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Fred DeLuca
American Businessman
We have salads, some other beverages. But in reality, it's still fundamentally the same business. The most likely thing the next person will buy is a sandwich and a soft drink. After a half-century of glacial change, we're still pretty much the same business.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
First, I was a glacial blonde doing music programmes. Then I was the film kind of sexy bird late at night. It was frustrating like I guess it's frustrating for everyone who is not fully employing their talents.
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David Hewson
British Author
Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses.
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Amor Towles
American Novelist
In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel, architecture were all evolving, but at a pretty observable pace.
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Michael McDonald
I felt a real kinship with Steve Bruner. He's one of those guys that is so prolific that he has a hard time keeping up with himself. I'm the opposite and move at a glacial place.
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Donal Logue
Canadian Actor
If someone said, 'Think of a happy place for you,' I'd say a glacial plane near the South Pole, the wind howling, nobody in sight, a shack with a pot-belly stove and some tea.
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James Balog
American Photographer
Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine.
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John Quelch
American Educator
Consumer behaviour changes in a glacial fashion.
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