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glacial epoch
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  glacial epoch - any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"glacial period, ice agegeological period, period - a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"prehistoric culture, prehistory - the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | | 2. |  Glacial epoch - from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolutionPleistocene, Pleistocene epochAge of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary period - last 2 million years |
glacial epoch
glacial epoch[¦glā·shəl ′ep·ək] (geology) Any of the geologic epochs characterized by an ice age; thus, the Pleistocene epoch may be termed a glacial epoch. Generally, an interval of geologic time which was marked by a major equatorward advance of ice; the term has been applied to an entire ice age or (rarely) to the individual glacial stages which make up an ice age. glacial epoch
Synonyms for glacial epochnoun any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surfaceSynonymsRelated Words- geological period
- period
- prehistoric culture
- prehistory
noun from two million to 11 thousand years agoSynonyms- Pleistocene
- Pleistocene epoch
Related Words- Age of Man
- Quaternary
- Quaternary period
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