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periglaciation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
periglacia-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Geomorphic processes resulting from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refreezes in ice wedges and other structures.

Uncountable

Etymology

From peri- + glaciation.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

periglaciations (plural)

Questions

What does periglaciation mean?
Geomorphic processes resulting from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refreezes in ice wedges and other structures.
Where does periglaciation come from?
From peri- + glaciation.

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