stadial

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to a glacial stade.
 * 2)  Pertaining to or existing in successive stages of a given culture, society etc.

Derived terms

 * interstadial
 * intrastadial
 * stadialism
 * stadialist
 * stadially
 * trans-stadial
 * trans-stadially

Noun

 * 1)  A short, colder period within an interglacial; a stade.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) done in stages

Noun

 * 1) stage