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Definition of Glaciate

Glaciate
Glaciate Gla"ci*ate, v. i. [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.] To turn to ice.
Glaciate
Glaciate Gla"ci*ate, v. t. 1. To convert into, or cover with, ice. 2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.

Meaning of Glaciate from wikipedia

- caused bottom ice to melt and water to ac****ulate beneath a glacier. In glaciated areas where the glacier moves faster than one km per year, glacial earthquakes...
- Glaciology (from Latin glacies 'frost, ice' and Ancient Gr**** λόγος (logos) 'subject matter'; lit. 'study of ice') is the scientific study of glaciers...
- and middle anthracite fields, the anthracite valley has been recently glaciated repeatedly. This action has left many talus slopes at the base of Moosic...
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines this ecoregion as the Northern Glaciated Plains. This is a transition zone between the ecoregions of the Northern...
- contrast, valleys carved by rivers tend to be V-shaped in cross-section). Glaciated valleys are formed when a glacier travels across and down a slope, carving...
- The Glaciated Allegheny Plateau is that portion of the Allegheny Plateau that lies within the area covered by the last glaciation. As a result, this area...
- A glaciated rock is a rock that shows evidence of having been exposed to a glacier. Generally it has striations or deep scratches, caused more by the...
- of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America. Eskers are frequently...
- eastern Ohio. It is divided into the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau and the glaciated Allegheny Plateau. The plateau extends southward into western West Virginia...
- and the latter converts to an outdoor swimming pool. Central Park's glaciated rock outcroppings attract climbers, especially boulderers, but the quality...