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FOSSILIZATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Becoming inflexible or out of dateplay

Synonyms:

fossilisation; fossilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fossilization" is a kind of...):

passage; transition (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stoneplay

Synonyms:

fossilisation; fossilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("fossilization" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fossilization"):

petrifaction; petrification (the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape)

Derivation:

fossilize (convert to a fossil)

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