glaciation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action
noun the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

From French glaciation, from glace (“ice”).

In other places the stonework was worn down to the very level of the glaciation. — At the mountains of madness, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
The basins of fjords are not the track of the anger of Thor, but the pathways of glaciation. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre

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