glacial epoch
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glacial epoch
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1840–50
1840–50
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| glacial epoch | |
noun | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: ice age] |
| 2. | from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution [syn: Pleistocene] |
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Example sentences
The extent of these glaciers during the glacial epoch has not been determined.
Then he had entered gaily the door of the glacial epoch, and had surveyed a universe of unities and uniformities.
At the end of the last glacial epoch, sea level rose relatively rapidly as continental glaciers melted.
In the second place, it is but quite recently that the last glacial epoch came to a close.
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