Glaciology

//ˌɡleɪsɪˈɒlədʒi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers. countable, uncountable

    "From this high position in latitude, explorations (furthered for a time by the effective aid of their Esquimaux dogs) were perseveringly made, and rewarded by results of the most interesting nature in geography, hydrography, and glaciology."

Example

More examples

"Christian Huggel, a professor at the University of Zurich in Switzerland who specializes in glaciology and geomorphodynamics (the study of changing forms of geologic surfaces), said thousands of cubic meters of water moving down a mountain "is really quite destructive and it can happen suddenly.""

Etymology

From Latin glaciēs (“ice”) + -ology (“study of a particular subject”).

More for "glaciology"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.