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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Alteration of any part of the earth's surface by passage of a [[glacier]], chiefly by [[glacial]] erosion or deposition; distinguish from [[glacierization]].</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Alteration of any part of the earth's surface by passage of a [[glacier]], chiefly by [[glacial]] erosion or deposition; distinguish from [[glacierization]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">As used in many texts, particularly with respect to the [[ice ages]], same as [[glacierization]], for example, [[ | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">As used in many texts, particularly with respect to the [[ice ages]], same as [[glacierization]], for example, [["Pleistocene glaciation]]."</div><br/> </div> | ||
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The transformation of [[cloud]] particles from [[supercooled water]] drops to [[ice crystals]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Thus, a [[cumulonimbus]] cloud is said to have a glaciated upper portion.</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The transformation of [[cloud]] particles from [[supercooled water]] drops to [[ice crystals]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Thus, a [[cumulonimbus]] cloud is said to have a glaciated upper portion.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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glaciation
- Alteration of any part of the earth's surface by passage of a glacier, chiefly by glacial erosion or deposition; distinguish from glacierization.
- As used in many texts, particularly with respect to the ice ages, same as glacierization, for example, "Pleistocene glaciation."
