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interglacial en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English glacial English interglacial From inter- + glacial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
    • Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP. 2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:

Deriveds

interglacial optimum · interglacially

Translations (10)

fr post-glaciaire (occurring between glaciations) · fr interglaciaire (occurring between glaciations) · kk мұздықаралық (occurring between glaciations) · hu interglaciális (occurring between glaciations) · ga idiroighreach (occurring between glaciations) · ca interglacial (occurring between glaciations) · az buzlaqarası (occurring between glaciations) · vi gian băng (occurring between glaciations) · kw ynterrewlivek (occurring between glaciations) · de interglazial (occurring between glaciations)

interglacial en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English glacial English interglacial From inter- + glacial.

Meanings

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

Forms

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Relateds

interstadial

Translations (7)

da mellemistid (relatively warm period between glacial periods) · kw prys ynterrewlivek (relatively warm period between glacial periods) · fi interglasiaali (relatively warm period between glacial periods) · de Warmzeit (relatively warm period between glacial periods) · de Interglazial (relatively warm period between glacial periods) · hu interglaciális (relatively warm period between glacial periods) · ga tréimhse idiroighreach (relatively warm period between glacial periods)