单词 | glacialist |
释义 | glacialistn. (a) One who makes a special study of glacial phenomena. (b) One who explains certain geological phenomena as due to glacial action. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > glaciology > [noun] > glaciologist glacierist1850 glacialist1854 glaciologist1886 1854 Fraser's Mag. 49 249 Ice, a tolerably hard, brittle solid (notwithstanding the plasticity with which modern glacialists endow it). 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 165 Nor is it only the effects of land-ice which the glacialist sees marked upon the rocks of Britain. 1889 G. F. Wright Ice Age N. Amer. 358 The glacialist sees indubitable evidences of a former vast expanse of water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1854 |
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