glaciology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɡleɪʃiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌɡleɪsɪˈɒlədʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin glaciēs (“ice”) + -ology (“study of a particular subject”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers.
I was leafing through deep-core glaciology results from Greenland's mid-rift when the telephone rang. It droned on forever before it finally quit and I could concentrate again. The Greenland data confirmed all the other studies: the earth suffered ninety thousand years of ice-age weather, then ten thousand years of warm, in a loop that repeated over and over, as far back as there was ice to record it.
2003, Adam Johnson, chapter 5, in Parasites Like Us, New York, N.Y.: Viking Books, →ISBN; republished London: Black Swan, 2014, →ISBN, page 152:Until now, aerial photography had been used in glaciology only for mapping the glacier surface and the surface velocity field; other, much more expensive, methods have been used to determine the bed and mass balance.
1989, L. A. Rasmussen, “Discussion”, in Surface Velocity Variations of the Lower Part of Columbia Glacier, Alaska, 1977–1981 (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper; 1258-H), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page H28:From this high position in latitude, explorations (furthered for a time by the effective aid of their Esquimaux dogs) were perseveringly made, and rewarded by results of the most interesting nature in geography, hydrography, and glaciology.
1856, W. S.-Y., “Greenland”, in Thomas Stewart Traill, editor, The Encyclopædia Britannica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 8th edition, volume XI, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, →OCLC, page 40, column 2:In order to understand and predict the actions of water in the climate system it is useful to think of the water as being part of a distinct system, sometimes called the hydrological cycle[…]. A complete understanding of this system would […] require excursions into geomorphology, pedology, botany, glaciology, oceanography and, if human structures are included as part of the Earth's surface, civil engineering.
1999, Peter J. Robinson, Ann Henderson-Sellers, “Moisture in the Atmosphere”, in Contemporary Climatology, 2nd edition, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2014, →ISBN, page 56:This general approach offers the possibility of reconstructing past glaciologies for a situation where (1) the outline of the glacier can be reconstructed, (2) the ELA [equilibrium line altitude] can be determined, (3) the area under the ELA can be measured, and (4) there is some information on the winter balance and ablation gradient of the former glacier.
1975, J[ohn] T. Andrews, Glacial Systems: An Approach to Glaciers and Their Environments (Environmental Systems), North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, →OCLC, page 56:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glaciologies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
astroglaciology · radioglaciology · glaciologist · glaciologic · glaciologically · astroglaciological · glaciological
Translations (68)
eo glaciologio (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ka გლაციოლოგია (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · fa یخچالشناسی (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · pt glaciologia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ms glaciologi (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · bn হিমবিদ্যা (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ar علم الجليد (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · tr glasiyoloji (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ca glaciologia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · sq glaciologjia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · nan-hbl peng-hô-ha̍k (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · gl glacioloxía (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · fr glaciologie (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · sco glaciology (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · hi हिमानी विज्ञान (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · es glaciología (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · tl glasyolohiya (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · tr buzulbilim (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · de Glaziologie (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · sk glaciológia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · bg глациология (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · vi băng hà học (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ky гляциология (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · cs glaciologie (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ko 빙하학 (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · lv glacioloģija (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · km ហិមានីវិទ្យា (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · li gletsjerkónde (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · hi हिमानिकी (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ja 雪氷学 (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · lb glaziologie (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · zza glasiyoloci (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · pa ਗਲੇਸ਼ੀਅਰ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ga oigheareolaíocht (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · pl glacjologia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · cy rhewlifeg (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · fi glasiologia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · it glaciologia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · nl glaciologie (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · oc glaciologia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · nb glasiologi (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · sh глациологија (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · lt glaciologija (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · sh glaciologija (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · da glaciologi (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · kk мұздықтану (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · km ទឹកកកវិទ្យា (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · id glasiologi (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · si ග්ලැසියර විද්යාව (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · uz glyatsiologiya (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · eu glaziologia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · th วิทยาธารน้ำแข็ง (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · uk гляціологія (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · zza cemedzanışey (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ro glaciologie (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · is jöklafræði (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · ru гляциоло́гия (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · nn glasiologi (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · war glasyolohiya (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · az qlyasiologiya (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · bh हिमानी बिज्ञान (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · cmn 冰川學 /冰川学 (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · be гляцыялогія (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · hu glaciológia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · tr buzul bilimi (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · et glatsioloogia (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · nl gletsjerkunde (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) · sv glaciologi (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)