What does subglacial mean?
Subglacial means Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice..
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/sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃl̩/ · adjective
Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice..
These streams continue to flow in winter as well as in summer, although in less quantity; […] It is also this melting beneath the ice (subglacial, suppose we call it) which loosens the ice from the ground, and occasions, or rather permits, the perpetual downward movement, with which "The glacier's cold and restless mass / Moves onward day by day."
Securing political approval for even modest changes to railway organisation and structure has been of sub-glacial speed and complexity since 2004, when Government abolished the Strategic Rail Authority and put itself in charge.
Use subglacial when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Subglacial means Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice..
Common synonyms include glacial, crawling, slack, slow-moving.
Possible antonyms include supraglacial, cursory, express, fast.
These streams continue to flow in winter as well as in summer, although in less quantity; […] It is also this melting beneath the ice (subglacial, suppose we call it) which loosens the ice from the ground, and occasions, or rather permits, the perpetual downward movement, with which "The glacier's cold and restless mass / Moves onward day by day."
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