Ice Age Definition

noun
A time of extensive glaciation covering vast areas of the earth, esp., any of several such times during the Pleistocene Epoch.
Webster's New World
The most recent glacial period, which occurred during the Pleistocene Epoch.
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Noun

Singular:
ice age
Plural:
ice-ages

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  • the Ice Age

Ice Age Sentence Examples

  • The Ice Age is an example of past climate change.

  • This park features a huge, watery basin that was formed in the ice age.

  • The presence of enormous glaciers in the Ice Age is attested by the moraines at the Atlantic end, and by other indications farther east.

  • The presence of these plants among the alpine flora is traceable to the steppe-like conditions which prevailed in central Europe both during the warmer inter-glacial periods and (probably) for a time after the close of the ice-age.

  • When outgoing heat, or energy, exceeds incoming energy, an ice age occurs.

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