interglacial

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interglacial

Wikipedia

Etymology

From inter- +‎ glacial.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

interglacial (not comparable)

1. Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
   • 2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:

     Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.

Derived terms

• interglacially
• interglacial optimum

Translations

occurring between glaciations

Cornish: ynterrewlivek French: interglaciaire (fr), post-glaciaire (fr) German: interglazial (de) Hungarian: interglaciális Irish: idiroighreach Kazakh: мұздықаралық (mūzdyqaralyq) Vietnamese: gian băng

Noun

interglacial (plural interglacials)

1. The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
   • 2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209:

     The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.

Translations

relatively warm period between glacial periods

Cornish: prys ynterrewlivek m Danish: mellemistid c Finnish: interglasiaali (fi) German: Warmzeit (de) f, Interglazial (de) n Hungarian: interglaciális Irish: tréimhse idiroighreach f

See also

• interstadial

Anagrams

• antiallergic

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾɡlaˈθjal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ɣ̞laˈθjal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inteɾɡlaˈsjal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ɣ̞laˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧gla‧cial

Adjective

interglacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural interglaciales)

1. interglacial