glacial phosphoric acid

Chemical: H2O P2O5=HPO3. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and requires to be kept in a closely stopped bottle. It is called also metaphosphoric acid. glacial-theory, glacial-hypothesis, s. Geology: 1. An hypothesis or a theory now universally accepted, which attributes the drift mainly to the action of ice. IMG:content-0490.png:[blocks in formation] A. As subst .: One who attributes the phenomena of the drift to the action of ice. Nearly all geologists are now glacialists. B. As adj .: Of or belonging to the school of geologists described under A, or their tenets; as, glacial ist views. glā-çi-al-lý (or çi as shí), adv. [Eng. glacial; -ly.] By means of ice. "Far-transported rocks, glacially polished and scratched on more than one side."-Lyell: Student's Elements of Geology, ch. xii. *glā-çi-är-I-ŭm (or çi as shi), s . [Lat. glaci ( es ) ice; neut. suff. -arium .] A room or inclosed space with a level flooring of artificial ice for skating on. glā-çi-āte (or çi as shì), v. t. & i. [Lat. glaci at us , pa. par. of glacio =to make or turn into ice, to congeal; glacies =ice.] A. Transitive : 1. To convert into ice. 2. To act upon by means of ice. "The probable date of the introduction of the contents into o iferous caves in glaciated areas may be ascertained by an examination of the new deposits." Dawkins: Cave Hunting , ch. xi. B. In trans.: To become ice. (Johnson.) "First a glaciating degree of cold, and then the highest we could produce by art."-Boyle: Works , ii. 522.