Glaciology

//ˌɡleɪsɪˈɒlədʒi//

Synonyms for "glaciology"

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Translations

68 translations across 61 languages.

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Albanian

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  • glaciologjia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Arabic

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  • علم الجليد noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Azerbaijani

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  • qlyasiologiya noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Basque

1 entries
  • glaziologia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гляцыялогія noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Bengali

1 entries
  • হিমবিদ্যা noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Bihari

1 entries
  • हिमानी बिज्ञान noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • глациология noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Catalan

1 entries
  • glaciologia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Chinese

1 entries
  • peng-hô-ha̍k noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 冰川學 /冰川学 noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Czech

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  • glaciologie noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Danish

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  • glaciologi noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Dutch

2 entries
  • glaciologie noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)
  • gletsjerkunde noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • glaciologio noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Estonian

1 entries
  • glatsioloogia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Finnish

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  • glasiologia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

French

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  • glaciologie noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Galician

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  • glacioloxía noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Georgian

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  • გლაციოლოგია noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

German

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  • Glaziologie noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Hindi

2 entries
  • हिमानिकी noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)
  • हिमानी विज्ञान noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • glaciológia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Icelandic

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  • jöklafræði noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Indonesian

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  • glasiologi noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Irish

1 entries
  • oigheareolaíocht noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Italian

1 entries
  • glaciologia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 雪氷学 noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • мұздықтану noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ទឹកកកវិទ្យា noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)
  • ហិមានីវិទ្យា noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Korean

1 entries
  • 빙하학 noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • гляциология noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Latvian

1 entries
  • glacioloģija noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • gletsjerkónde noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • glaciologija noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • glaziologie noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Malay

1 entries
  • glaciologi noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • glasiologi noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • glasiologi noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Occitan

1 entries
  • glaciologia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Persian

1 entries
  • یخچالشناسی noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Polish

1 entries
  • glacjologia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • glaciologia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਗਲੇਸ਼ੀਅਰ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Romanian

1 entries
  • glaciologie noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Russian

1 entries
  • гляциоло́гия noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Scots

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  • glaciology noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • glaciologija noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)
  • глациологија noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ග්ලැසියර විද්යාව noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Slovak

1 entries
  • glaciológia noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Spanish

1 entries
  • glaciología noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Swedish

1 entries
  • glaciologi noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • glasyolohiya noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Thai

1 entries
  • วิทยาธารน้ำแข็ง noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Turkish

3 entries
  • buzul bilimi noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)
  • buzulbilim noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)
  • glasiyoloji noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гляціологія noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • glyatsiologiya noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • băng hà học noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • glasyolohiya noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Welsh

1 entries
  • rhewlifeg noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • cemedzanışey noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)
  • glasiyoloci noun (study of ice and its effect on the landscape)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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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."

Source: tatoeba (8137204)

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.

Source: wiktionary

Until now, aerial photography had been used in glaciology only for mapping the glacier surface and the surface velocity field; other, much more expensive, methods have been used to determine the bed and mass balance.

Source: wiktionary

This general approach offers the possibility of reconstructing past glaciologies for a situation where (1) the outline of the glacier can be reconstructed, (2) the ELA [equilibrium line altitude] can be determined, (3) the area under the ELA can be measured, and (4) there is some information on the winter balance and ablation gradient of the former glacier.

Source: wiktionary

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