transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈglā-shəl ]
adjective
Etymology: Latin glacialis, from glacies
Date: 1656
1. : suggestive of ice: as
a. : extremely cold : frigid
a glacial wind
b. : devoid of warmth and cordiality
a glacial handshake
c. : coldly imperturbable
maintained a glacial calm
2. : of a purity marked by the tendency to readily solidify in the form of ice-like crystals
glacial acetic acid
3.
a.
(1) : of, relating to, or being any of those parts of geologic time from Precambrian onward when a much larger portion of the earth was covered by glaciers than at present
(2) capitalized : Pleistocene
b. : of, relating to, or produced by glaciers
c. : suggestive of the very slow movement of glaciers
progress on the bill has been glacial
• gla·cial·ly -shə-lē adverb