neoglaciation
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ɡleɪsɪˈeɪʃn/ /ˌniːəʊɡleɪʃɪˈeɪʃn/Geology
noun
The minor temporary increase of glaciation during any of several ‘little ice ages’, following the major glacial retreat at the end of the Pleistocene period; an instance or episode of such glacial advance.
- Though frequently attributed to F. E. Matthes, the term appears not to have been used by him in print..
Origin
1950s. From neo- + glaciation.
- multi-figured
- multifilament
- multifile
- multiflagellate
- multiflash
- multiflex
- multiflora
- multifloral
- multiflora rose
- multiflorous
- multiflowered
- multi-flue
- multifocal
- multifocally
- multifoil
- multifoiled
- multifold
- multifoliate
- multifoliolate
- multifont
- multifork
- multiforked
- multiform
- multiformity
- multiformly