Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice;
the result of glacial action;
- Example: "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe"2.
the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glaciation \Gla`ci*a"tion\, n.
1. Act of freezing.
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2. That which is formed by freezing; ice.
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3. The process of glaciating, or the state of being
glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
glaciation
n 1: the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of
ice; the result of glacial action; "Agassiz recognized
marks of glaciation all over northern Europe"
2: the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of
ice