interglacial

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English glacial
English interglacial

    From inter- + glacial.

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    • Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

    Adjective

    interglacial (not comparable)

    1. Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
      • 2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:
        Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.

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    Noun

    interglacial (plural interglacials)

    1. The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
      • 2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209:
        The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.

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    Adjective

    interglacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural interglaciales)

    1. interglacial
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