stillstand (0 synonym found)

Definition of stillstand:

(v) : (geology) To cease in either glacial advance or retreat.
(n) : (geology) A period of time during which the terminus of a glacier remains stationary.
(n) : (geology) A period of geologic time during which eustatic sea level stays apparently constant, relative to adjacent periods of geologic time, neither characterized by transgression, nor regression.
(n) : (obsolete) A standstill.

Definition of stillstand:

(v) : (geology) To cease in either glacial advance or retreat.
(n) : (geology) A period of time during which the terminus of a glacier remains stationary.
(n) : (geology) A period of geologic time during which eustatic sea level stays apparently constant, relative to adjacent periods of geologic time, neither characterized by transgression, nor regression.
(n) : (obsolete) A standstill.

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