Meaning of ice age | Babel Free
Definitions
- A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
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Alternative letter-case form of ice age. alt-of
- Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).
Equivalents
العربية
عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ
Беларуская
ледніко́вы перы́яд
Bosanski
ledeno doba
Čeština
doba ledová
Cymraeg
oes yr iâ
Dansk
istid
Español
glaciación
Eesti
jääaeg
Euskara
glaziazio
Suomi
jääkausi
Gaeilge
oighearaois
हिन्दी
हिमयुग
Hrvatski
ledeno doba
Magyar
jégkorszak
Íslenska
ísöld
Italiano
era glaciale
ខ្មែរ
យុគទឹកកក
Lëtzebuergesch
Äiszäit
Lietuvių
ledynmetis
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ရေခဲခေတ်
Nederlands
ijstijd
Slovenščina
ledena doba
Српски
ledeno doba
Svenska
istid
ไทย
ยุคน้ำแข็ง
Tagalog
panahon ng yelo
Türkçe
Buzul Çağı
Examples
“The earth is currently in the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, an ice age that began 33.9 million years ago with the Antarctic Ice Cap.”
“The cause of ice ages, Köppen decided, is to be found in cool summers, not brutal winters.”
“[…] and the sloping collection of fractured rocks—known as talus—that tumbled down from the quartzite bluffs during the repeated freezings and unfreezings of the last Ice Age.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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