Glacial vs Polar - What's the difference?

Glacial is a related term of polar.

is (geology) of the pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

(en adjective)

of, or relating to glaciers

* We examined the glacial deposits

(figuratively) very slow

* 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:

Progress on judicial reform has been glacial , meeting enormous resistance.

cold and icy

* After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial

having the appearance of ice

* On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle

cool and unfriendly

* He gave me a glacial stare

* englacial * interglacial * monoglacial * postglacial * preglacial * proglacial * subglacial * supraglacial ----

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of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole)

of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles

(chemistry) having a dipole; ionic

(mathematics) of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle

(linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes'' and ''no .

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