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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The scientific study of glaciers and their effects on the landscape.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The science of the formation and action of glaciers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[glaci(er) + –logy.]

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