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 Meaning of FOSSILIZATION
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[n]  becoming inflexible or out of date  [n]  the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | fossilisation, fossilisation |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | action, activity, natural action, natural process, passage, petrifaction, petrification, transition |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Fos`sil*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. fossilisation.]
The process of converting, or of being converted, into a
fossil.
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