About The Word Petrification
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Petrification
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What's The Definition Of Petrification?
[n] the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
Synonyms | Synonyms for Petrification: petrifaction Related Terms | Find terms related to Petrification: ancient manuscript | antique | antiquity | archaism | arteriosclerosis | artifact | atherosclerosis | calcification | callusing | case hardening | cave painting | concretion | cornification | crystallization | eolith | firming | fossil | fossilization | granulation | hardening | hornification | induration | lapidification | lithification | mezzolith | microlith | neolith | ossification | paleolith | petrifaction | petrified forest | petrified wood | petroglyph | plateaulith | relic | reliquiae | remains | ruin | ruins | sclerosis | setting | solidification | steeling | stiffening | survival | tempering | toughening | vestige | vitrifaction | vitrification See Also | fossilisation | fossilization Petrification In Webster's Dictionary \Pet`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. p['e]trification.
See {Petrify}.]
1. See {Petrifaction}.
2. Fig.: Obduracy; callousness. --Hallywell.
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