Glaciation

n. process of becoming covered in glaciers

"Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here. For the geological periods, see Ice Age. For the story by Alastair Reynolds, see Glacial (short story). A glacier is a large, slow moving river of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. Glaciers cover vast areas of polar regions but are restricted to the highest mountains in the tropics. Elsewhere in the solar system, the vast polar ice caps of Mars rival those of the Earth.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action; "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe"
(hypernym) environmental condition
(derivation) glaciate
2. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
(hypernym) geological process, geologic process
(hyponym) Riss glaciation
(derivation) glaciate

n. gelidity, freezing cold, iciness

(n.)
The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
  

(n.)
That which is formed by freezing; ice.
  

(n.)
Act of freezing.