noun · countable / uncountable · rare

fossilization

fossilization · fossilizations

Fossilisierung

The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossilThe process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.

» Fossilization is the result of the compression of organisms by the earth during a lot of time.

Meaning

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(countable, uncountable)The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
Fossilisierung
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.
becoming inflexible or out of date

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Fossilization is the result of the compression of organisms by the earth during a lot of time.
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the process of conversion into a fossil:

From fossil + -ization or fossilize + -ation.

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plural: fossilizations

Singular	fossilization
Plural	fossilizations

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Close in meaning

becoming inflexible or out of date:fossilisation
the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone:fossilisation

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