Definition of Fossilization

1. Noun. The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone.

Exact synonyms: Fossilisation
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Specialized synonyms: Petrifaction, Petrification
Derivative terms: Fossilise, Fossilize

2. Noun. Becoming inflexible or out of date.
Exact synonyms: Fossilisation
Generic synonyms: Passage, Transition
Derivative terms: Fossilise

Definition of Fossilization

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

Definition of Fossilization

1. Noun. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fossilization

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fossilization

1. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. Origin: Cf. F. Fossilisation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossilization

fossilification
fossilified
fossilifies
fossilify
fossilifying
fossilisation
fossilise
fossilised
fossilises
fossilising
fossilism
fossilist
fossilists
fossility
fossilizable
fossilization (current term)
fossilizations
fossilize
fossilized
fossilizes
fossilizing
fossilogy
fossilology
fossils
fossor
fossores
fossoria
fossorial
fossorial foot
fossorial mammal

Literary usage of Fossilization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"Another paper is in course of preparation, in which an attempt to formulate laws governing conditions of fossilization will be made. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"FOSSILS AND fossilization. BY LP GRATACAP. III. (Continued from Vol. XXX,p. 1003.) Two very remarkable and instructive deposits of vertebrate remains which ..."

3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1902)
"In the case of Pelecypoda of the Paleozoic age, tho all must have had shells and all were capable of fossilization, yet not being equally so, some species ..."

4. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester (1879)
"MY friend Professor Young having mentioned to me that certain questions connected with fossilization were in a very undecided state, and having expressed ..."

5. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"... white bear, ,fec.,likewise sea-fowl, partake of the before-mentioned mode of fossilization, by dying in the sea; for wherever there has been a shore, ..."

6. Elements of Geology by Alonzo Gray, Charles Baker Adams (1863)
"DURABILITY OP ORGANIC BODIES- CHAPTER II. fossilization. THE proportion of the various tribes of animals ..."

7. The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1839)
"Different states of the fossilization of wood. 29. Hazel- nuts filled with spar. 30. Silicification, or petrifaction by silex. 31. Plants in agates, &c. 32. ..."

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