stillstand
/S T IH1 L S T AE0 N D/verb
- 1
(geology) To cease in either glacial advance or retreat.
noun
- 1
(geology) A period of time during which the terminus of a glacier remains stationary.
- 2
(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.
- 3
(obsolete) A standstill.
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