calving

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The ice shelves actually collapse via rapid calving, and the physics connecting meltwater to calving is its ability to enhance crevasse propagation.

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  1. The act of bringing forth a calf: said of cows, whales, and seals. The Russians providently prohibit bay-whaling, a practice destructive to the cow whales about the time of calving. E. Forbes.
  2. The separation of masses of ice from a glacier from time to time as it extends itself into the sea, giving rise to icebergs.

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  • I did love a nice calving, and practically speaking, I was just as glad not to have any more dead calves that would have to be hauled off. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2007
  • With the Pegasus calving, and now Kheslav's data, the Tampy domination of space travel had come to an end. —  Warhorse
  • A classic example of the attention to detail is the care given to cows post-calving, which Mr Simmons reckons is essential in getting cows back in calf. —  FWi - All News
  • When you consider the number of hours a farmer puts in a day and then called out in the night when a cow is sick or calving, the farmer is paid significantly below minium wage. —  RutlandHerald.com
  • Acoustic monitoring has begun for the whales 'southern migration in the fall, back to the calving areas. —  Scientific Blogging
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  1. from Middle English calvyng; verbal] n. of calve, v.
 

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