"stadial" meaning in English

See stadial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsteɪdɪəl/ [UK] Forms: more stadial [comparative], most stadial [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin stadiālis, from stadium. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|stadiālis}} Latin stadiālis Head templates: {{en-adj}} stadial (comparative more stadial, superlative most stadial)
  1. (geology) Pertaining to a glacial stade. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-stadial-en-adj-ZWZKXZp0 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (archaeology, sociology) Pertaining to or existing in successive stages of a given culture, society etc. Categories (topical): Archaeology, Sociology
    Sense id: en-stadial-en-adj-YChHpAJv Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: interstadial, intrastadial, stadialism, stadialist, stadially, trans-stadial, trans-stadially

Noun

IPA: /ˈsteɪdɪəl/ [UK] Forms: stadials [plural]
Etymology: From Latin stadiālis, from stadium. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|stadiālis}} Latin stadiālis Head templates: {{en-noun}} stadial (plural stadials)
  1. (geology) A short, colder period within an interglacial; a stade. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-stadial-en-noun-GFQ~Et7C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 23 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 29 48 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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