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glaciologist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English glaciology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English glaciologist From glaciology + -ist.

Meanings

1. A scientist who studies glaciers.
   • The 10-inch increase forecast in the new study, which does not give a timeline, could be much higher if temperatures continue to rise, as they almost certainly will, said Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland who was the paper’s lead author. 2022 August 29, Elena Shao, “New Research Forecasts More Dire Sea Level Rise as Greenland’s Ice Melts”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2022:
   • To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres. 1988 April 14, Richard Fifield, “Frozen assets of the ice cores”, in New Scientist, number 1608, page 28:

Forms

Translations (14)

de Gletscherforscherin (one who studies glaciers) · de Glaziologin (one who studies glaciers) · ro glaciolog (one who studies glaciers) · et glatsioloog (one who studies glaciers) · hi हिमानी विज्ञानी (one who studies glaciers) · nl glaciologe (one who studies glaciers) · ro glaciologă (one who studies glaciers) · de Glaziologe (one who studies glaciers) · de Gletscherforscher (one who studies glaciers) · it glaciologo (one who studies glaciers) · it glaciologa (one who studies glaciers) · fr glaciologue (one who studies glaciers) · nl glacioloog (one who studies glaciers) · tr buzul bilimci (one who studies glaciers)