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FOSSILIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Becoming inflexible or out of date
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 stone
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)
