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PETRIFACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("petrifaction" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)
Derivation:
petrify (change into stone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
Synonyms:
petrifaction; petrification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("petrifaction" is a kind of...):
fossilisation; fossilization (the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone)
Derivation:
petrify (change into stone)
