ice age

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ice age

kausi, geologinen kausi, jääkausi, glasiaalikausi.

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ice age (englanti > suomi)

1. jääkausi

ice age englanniksi

1. scientific: A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

2. colloquial: Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).

3. 2003, (w), A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 377:

The cause of ice ages, Köppen decided, is to be found in cool summers, not brutal winters.

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