Definition of Lithifying

1. Verb. (present participle of lithify) ¹

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Definition of Lithifying

1. lithify [v] - See also: lithify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithifying

lithian
lithias
lithiases
lithiasis
lithiate
lithiated
lithiates
lithiation
lithic
lithic acid
lithification
lithifications
lithified
lithifies
lithify
lithifying (current term)
lithing
lithiomarsturite
lithiophilite
lithiophilites
lithiophorite
lithiophosphate
lithiotantite
lithiowodginite
lithite
lithites
lithium
lithium-6
lithium-7
lithium-drifted silicon detector

Literary usage of Lithifying

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

1. Petroleum Production Methods by John R. Suman (1921)
"The packer would prevent the lithifying solution from entering the upper oil measures, and thus perhaps seriously affecting production. ..."

2. Bulletin (1904)
"... rocks through and from which these lithifying waters could not have passed. At Cape Santo Agostinho, for example, the northern end of the rock reef laps ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1918)
"The packer would prevent the lithifying solution from entering the upper oil measures, and thus, perhaps, seriously affecting production. ..."

4. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1898)
"... light-colored rock, such as would result from lithifying volcanic dust like specimen No. 58, to a conglomerate made up of lapilli, such as specimen No. ..."

5. The Educational Series of Rock Specimens, Collected and Distributed by the by Joseph Silas Diller (1898)
"... light-colored rock, such as'would result from lithifying volcanic dust like specimen No. 58, to a conglomerate made up of lapilli, such as specimen No. ..."

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