fossilization

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

has particulars: petrifaction, petrification

Derived form verb fossilize₁

fossilization(n = noun.act) fossilisation - becoming inflexible or out of date; Array

is a kind of passage, transition

fossilization, n. [Cf. F. fossilisation.].

The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. [1913 Webster]

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