subglacial

sub- +‎ glacial

• IPA^(key): /sʌbˈɡleɪʃəl/, /sʌbˈɡleɪʃi.əl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

subglacial (not comparable)

1. Formed, or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice
   • 1836 Edward Charlesworth - The Magazine of Natural History

     It is also this melting beneath the ice (subglacial, suppose we call it) which loosens the ice from the ground, . . .

2. (informal) Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier.
   • 2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3:

     Securing political approval for even modest changes to railway organisation and structure has been of sub-glacial speed and complexity since 2004, when Government abolished the Strategic Rail Authority and put itself in charge.

• supraglacial

• “subglacial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /subɡlaˈθjal/ [suβ̞.ɣ̞laˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /subɡlaˈsjal/ [suβ̞.ɣ̞laˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sub‧gla‧cial

subglacial (plural subglaciales)

1. subglacial