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1Ice road — Ice roads or ice crossings (which are sometimes referred to as ice bridges), are frozen man made structures formed on the surface of bays, inlets, rivers, lakes or seas, and are linked from frozen waterway to frozen waterway by overland portages …
2ice in lakes and rivers — Introduction a sheet or stretch of ice forming on the surface of lakes and rivers when the temperature drops below freezing (0° C [32° F]). The nature of the ice formations may be as simple as a floating layer that gradually thickens, or it …
3Ice — This article is about water ice. For the broader concept of ices as used in the planetary sciences, see volatiles. For other uses, see Ice (disambiguation) …
4Ice cube — For the American rapper and actor, see Ice Cube. For other uses, see Ice cube (disambiguation). Ice cubes in a glass of iced tea …
5Ice pellets — are a form of precipitation consisting of small, translucent ice balls. This form of precipitation is also known as sleet in the United States and Canada. [cite web|url=http://www.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=sleet|title= Sleet (glossary… …
6Ice skating — is traveling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade like devices moulded into special boots [cite web|last = van Voorbergen | first = Bert | title = The virtual ice Skates museum Ice skates and their history (1) | url =… …
7Ice sheet dynamics — describe the motion within large bodies of ice, such those currently on Greenland and Antarctica. Ice motion is dominated by the movement of glaciers, whose gravity driven activity is controlled by two main variable factors: the temperature and… …
8ice — [īs] n. [ME is < OE īs, akin to Ger eis (OHG īs), Dan is, ON iss < IE base * eis, * ein > Avestan isu , icy, OSlav inej, snow flurry] 1. the glassy, brittle, crystalline form of water made solid by cold; frozen water 2. a piece, layer,… …
9ice sheet — n. a thick layer of ice covering an extensive area for a long period, as in an ice age …
10ice-cream sandwich — ice cream sandwich, a layer of ice cream sandwiched between two wafers …
