preglacial

[ pree-gley-shuhl ]

adjectiveGeology.
  1. prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.

Origin of preglacial

1
First recorded in 1850–55; pre- + glacial

Words Nearby preglacial

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How to use preglacial in a sentence

  • The rocks are covered with residual clays, the product of long preglacial weathering.

    The Elements of Geology | William Harmon Norton
  • It is a bit of preglacial landscape, showing the condition of the entire region before the Glacial epoch.

    The Elements of Geology | William Harmon Norton
  • Many of the valleys of our present rivers are but patchworks of preglacial, interglacial, and postglacial courses (Fig. 366).

    The Elements of Geology | William Harmon Norton
  • Rivers as large as the Mississippi and the Missouri were also more or less locally deflected from their preglacial courses.

    Geology | William J. Miller
  • The stream has not yet reached its preglacial profile, but it has almost reached it.

British Dictionary definitions for preglacial

preglacial

/ (priːˈɡleɪsɪəl) /


adjective
  1. formed or occurring before a glacial period, esp before the Pleistocene epoch

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