Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rending and crashing which precede the breaking up of floes of ice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
concussion that occurs when large masses ofice breakup due tocontraction
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If the increase in icequakes is due to rising air temperature, why have the icequake numbers not fallen from 2002 – 2005?
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