fossilisation
1. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone • Syn: fossilization • Derivationally related forms: fossilise, fossilize (for: fossilization) • Hypernyms: natural process, natural action, action, activity • Hyponyms: petrifaction, petrification 2. becoming inflexible or out of date • Syn: fossilization • Derivationally related forms: fossilise • Hypernyms: passage, transition
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