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Etymology

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From inter- +‎ glacial.

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Adjective

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interglacial (not comparable)

  1. Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
    • 2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:
      Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.

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occurring between glaciations

Noun

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interglacial (plural interglacials)

  1. The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
    • 2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209:
      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.

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relatively warm period between glacial periods

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interglacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural interglaciales)

  1. interglacial