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Definition of "glaciology" [glaciology]

  • The scientific study of glaciers and their effects on the landscape. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "glaciology" in a sentence
  • "Unlike the Alps, the Himalayas has a patchy photographic record and the history of scientific glaciology is short."
  • "'glaciology', with water as glaciers and polar ice; 'climatology', with the role of water in Earth's climate."
  • "In Uzbekistan, half of the rivers in the Tashkent area rely on water from glaciers, said Maxim Petrov, head of glaciology at the Academy of Sciences."