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fossilisation |
fossilise |
fossilised |
fossilism |
fossilist |
fossilization
| fossilize
| fossilized
| fossilology
| fossores
| fossoria
fossilization
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fossilization has 2 senses
- fossilization(n = noun.process) fossilisation - the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone; Array is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
- fossilization(n = noun.act) fossilisation - becoming inflexible or out of date; Array is a kind of passage, transition
has particulars: petrifaction, petrification
Derived form verb fossilize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fossilization, n. [Cf. F. fossilisation.].
The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. [1913 Webster]
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