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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.
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Specialized synonyms: Petrifaction, Petrification
Derivative terms: Fossilise, Fossilize
2. Noun. Becoming inflexible or out of date.
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 (figuratively) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.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
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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