Sekirov Dictionary

stillstand

noun3

  1. A period of time during which the terminus of a glacier remains stationary.
  2. 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. (no longer used) A standstill.

verb1

  1. To cease in either glacial advance or retreat.
forms

stillstanded · stillstanding · stillstands

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