Definitions for preglacial

preglacial pre·gla·cial

Spelling: [pree-gley-shuh l]
IPA: /priˈgleɪ ʃəl/

Preglacial is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 513 anagrams from letters in preglacial (aacegillpr).

Definitions for preglacial

adjective

  1. prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.

Origin of preglacial

First recorded in 1850-55; pre- + glacial

Examples for preglacial

Here and there upon its surface will be found remnants of the deep red residual clays, the subsoils of preglacial times.

There is a scarcity of indications of preglacial man in the New World and an abundance of such indications in the Old.

This fact seems to be sufficient to prove the theory of a higher elevation of the North American continent in preglacial times.

There was a preglacial stream divide at the present location of the “Narrows.”

Very likely preglacial man was similarly destitute of this art.

In the former case the present drainage is through valleys which are preglacial in some places, and postglacial in others.

The stream has not yet reached its preglacial profile, but it has almost reached it.

Mr. Pengelly thinks it possible, but not proved, that the lower breccia of Kent's Cavern may be interglacial or preglacial in age.

When the dam was removed or cut to its base, the lake disappeared and drainage followed its preglacial course.

The preglacial valleys of this slope were obliterated by being filled during the glacial epoch.

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