Subglacial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Subglacial is an adjective meaning Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.
Meaning
Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.
More Meanings
- (hyperbolic, informal) Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow.
Example Sentences
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.
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."
Synonyms for subglacial
Depending on context, synonyms include glacial, crawling, slack, slow-moving, languid, languorous.
Antonyms for subglacial
Common opposites include supraglacial, cursory, express, fast, expeditious, feverish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meltwater, tills, proglacial, intraglacial, subaqueous, sublacustrine.
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