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    FOSSILISATION

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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 ("fossilisation" is a kind of...):

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

    Derivation:

    fossilise (become mentally inflexible)

    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 ("fossilisation" 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 "fossilisation"):

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

    Derivation:

    fossilise (convert to a fossil)

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