formed or occurring before a glacial period, esp before the Pleistocene epoch
preglacial in American English
(priˈɡleiʃəl)
adjective
Geology
prior to a given glacial epoch, esp. the Pleistocene
Word origin
[1850–55; pre- + glacial]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boneyard, cloakroom, ethos, headhunting, heavyweightpre- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “before”(preclude; prevent); applied freely as a prefix, with the meanings “prior to,” “in advance of,” “early,”“beforehand,” “before,” “in front of,” and with other figurative meanings (preschool; prewar; prepay: preoral; prefrontal)
Examples of 'preglacial' in a sentence
preglacial
Some preliminary estimations of the rate and amount of preglacial erosion could be made.
K. Nenonen, P. Johansson, O. Sallasmaa, P. Sarala, J.-P. Palmu 2018, 'The inselberg landscape in Finnish Lapland: a morphological study based on the LiDARdata interpretation', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume90/Bulletin_vol90_2_239-256_2018_Nenonen-etal.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These esker systems follow the principal directions of preglacial fracture zones of the bedrock in the area.
G. Glückert, O. Kontturi 1972, 'On esker formations in Nousiainen, SW-Finland', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume44/sgs_bt_044_1_pages_001_007.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)