interglacial

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
2. noun The relatively warm period between glacial periods.

Similar words

eemian riss wurm interneoglacial intraglacial mediglacial interpleniglacial subglacial interstadial intergalactic

Often followed by

period periods stage deposits and stages cycles age times

Word family

interglacials