subglacial

American  

[suhb-gley-shuhl] / sʌbˈgleɪ ʃəl /

adjective

1. beneath a glacier.

   a subglacial stream.

2. formerly beneath a glacier.

   a subglacial deposit.

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subglacial British  

/ sʌbˈɡleɪsɪəl /

adjective

1. formed or occurring at the bottom of a glacier

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Other Word Forms

• subglacially adverb

Etymology

Origin of subglacial

First recorded in 1810–20; sub- + glacial

Example Sentences

While Fretwell cautioned he is not an expert in lacustrine habitats, meaning large bodies of water where life may be possible, he said Bedmap3 will help inform new studies of subglacial lakes.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

Bell is a research professor at Columbia University who has led 10 expeditions to Antarctica and Greenland in part to study deep subglacial lakes.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

Part of Greenbaum's upcoming fieldwork in Antarctica, supported by NSF and NASA, aims to directly investigate the impacts of subglacial meltwater in both the East and West Antarctic ice sheets.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023

"This also means that our results are probably a conservative estimate of the effect of subglacial discharge," said Greenbaum.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023

We were not in this central zone, however, but at best on the edge of it, between it and the zone of turbulent, deflected, precipitation-laden storms that it sends continually to torment the subglacial lands.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin