interglacial

adj, noun — 2 senses

interglacial

adj

Etymology From inter- + glacial.

1

Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).

Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:

Derived terms: interglacially, interglacial optimum

interglacial

noun

Etymology From inter- + glacial.

1

The relatively warm period between glacial periods.

The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209:

Related terms: interstadial

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