1Relating to or denoting the most recent Pleistocene glaciation in Britain, identified with the Weichselian of northern Europe.
〔地质〕（与）（英国最近一次）更新世冰期（有关）的
Example sentencesExamples
What separates that time from today, however, was the most recent glacial phase: the Devensian glaciations.
These processes can be observed occurring in the near-surface at present and have also affected late Devensian and pre-late Devensian glacial deposits.
Younger cited evidence for extensive ground freezing in SE England during the Devensian, beyond the limit of the Devensian ice sheet.
Scoping calculations have shown that these strains would have been of the order of 10-5 at Sellafield for the Devensian ice sheet.
As Devensian glacial landforms are still fresh, it is assumed for simplicity that a negligible amount of these has been eroded so far.
1.1as noun the DevensianThe Devensian glaciation or the system of deposits laid down during it.
更新世纪冰期；更新世纪冰期沉积层
Origin
1960s: from Latin Devenses 'people dwelling near the River Dee' (see Dee (sense 2))+ -ian.