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GLACIAL DRIFT

Definition: GLACIAL DRIFT

GLACIAL DRIFT

1. (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: GLACIAL DRIFT

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Geography

An unstratified glacial deposit of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ; a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, and pushed along over its bed. When the glacier melts, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

Boulders, till, gravel, sand, or clay transported and deposited by a glacier or its meltwater. See also:glacial overburden; drift.Syn:glacial deposits. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: GLACIAL DRIFT

English words defined with "GLACIAL DRIFT": Bowlder claydrumlinGlacier theoryPreglacial. (references)
Specialty definitions using "GLACIAL DRIFT": drift peatregolith. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: GLACIAL DRIFT

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Lithuania

Terrain: Lithuania's fertile, central lowland plains are separated by hilly uplands created by glacial drift. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: GLACIAL DRIFT

Language Translations for "GLACIAL DRIFT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

moraeneler (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), bundmoræne (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

grondmorene (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), morenen afzetting (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), keileem (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), bodemmorene (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pohjamoreeni (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), moreeni (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

French

  

moraine profonde (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier), moraine inférieure (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier), moraine de fond (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier). (various references)

   

German

  

Grundmoräne (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), Geschiebemergel (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), Moraeneablagerung (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μοραίναι βυθού (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

moréna (moraine), jégkori lerakódás. (various references)

   

Italian

  

morena di fondo (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), deposito glaciale (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acialglay iftdray

   

Portuguese

  

moreia de fundo (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), conglomerado de origem glaciária (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

morrena de fondo (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

morän (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, gravel, ground moraine, moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: GLACIAL DRIFT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-f-g-i-i-l-l-r-t"

-3 letters: algicidal, altricial, fatidical.

-4 letters: filarial, galliard, iatrical, tragical.

-5 letters: airlift, catfall, digital, faradic, fatidic, filaria, flatcar, fractal, glacial, radical, triacid, triadic, triclad.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GLACIAL DRIFT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 4C 41 43 49 41 4C      44 52 49 46 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01001100 01000001 01000011 01001001 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000100 01010010 01001001 01000110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#76 &#65 &#67 &#73 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#68 &#82 &#73 &#70 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 004C 0041 0043 0049 0041 004C      0044 0052 0049 0046 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4146353743354623852434054

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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