- icecap ice·cap n
- ['aɪsˌkæp]
calotta glaciale
polar icecap — calotta polare
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icecap ice·cap n
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ice|cap — «YS KAP», noun. 1. a permanent covering of ice and snow over an area, sloping down on all sides from a high center: »And reports…show that the Antarctic icecap is up to 10,000 feet thick (Scientific American). 2. a glacier, usually one covering a … Useful english dictionary
ice cap — noun a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) • Syn: ↑icecap • Hypernyms: ↑ice mass * * * noun 1. : an ice bag shaped to be fitted to the head 2 … Useful english dictionary
Quelccaya Ice Cap — Infobox Glacier | glacier name = Quelccaya Ice Cap caption = 1975 2000 Landsat false colour animation, Qori Kalis outflow glacier at left centre type = Mountain glacier/Icecap location = Peru coordinates = coord|13|56|0|S|70|50|0|W|type:glacier… … Wikipedia
Penny Ice Cap — Infobox Glacier | glacier name = Penny Ice Cap caption = The Penny Ice Cap type = Icecap location = Nunavut, Canada coordinates = coord|67|15|00|N|66|00|00|W|type:glacier area = length = thickness = terminus = outflow glaciers status = The Penny… … Wikipedia
ice cap — /ˈaɪs kæp/ (say uys kap) noun a mass of ice which typically feeds a number of glaciers at its edge. Also, icecap …
icecap — ice cap ([imac]s k[a^]p ) n. a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak). [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ice mass — noun a large mass of ice • Hypernyms: ↑geological formation, ↑formation • Hyponyms: ↑glacier, ↑iceberg, ↑berg, ↑icecap, ↑ice cap, ↑ice field … Useful english dictionary
icecap — ice•cap [[t]ˈaɪsˌkæp[/t]] n. geo a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center • Etymology: 1850–55 ice′capped , adj … From formal English to slang
Ice field — An ice field (also spelled icefield) is an area less than 50,000 km² (19,305 mile²) of ice often found in the colder climates and higher altitudes of the world where there is sufficient precipitation [http://gemini.oscs.montana.edu/… … Wikipedia
icecap — noun a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) • Syn: ↑ice cap • Hypernyms: ↑ice mass * * * /uys kap /, n. a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from… … Useful english dictionary
Radio Ice Cerenkov Experiment — (RICE) is an experiment designed to detect the Cherenkov emission in the radio regime of the electromagnetic spectrum from the interaction of high energy neutrinos (greater than 1 PeV) with the Antarctic ice cap. The goals of this experiment are… … Wikipedia
