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Definition of Petrifaction

1. Noun. The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape.

2. Noun. A rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form.

Definition of Petrifaction

1. n. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.

Definition of Petrifaction

1. Noun. the condition of being petrified ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petrifaction

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Petrifaction

1. Fossilization, as in conversion into stone. Origin: L. Petra, rock + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrifaction

petrales petralogy petraries petrary petre petrean petrel petrels petres petrescence

petrescent petrichloral petrichor petricolous petrifact petrifaction (current term) petrifactions petrifactive petrific petrificate

petrificated petrification petrifications petrified petrifier petrifiers petrifies petrify petrifying petrissage

Literary usage of Petrifaction

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

1. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1808)
"It has been supposed, that in every instance of petrifaction, ... In this manner the petrifaction, as it is termed, is supposed to have acquired the exact ..."

2. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"petrifaction is a change of this nature. The petrifaction of a tree floating in the sea may be commenced by the substances dissolved in sea water, ..."

3. Fossil Botany: Being an Introduction to Palaeophytology from the Standpoint by Hermann Solms-Laubach, Henry Edward Fowler Garnsey (1891)
"The characteristic mark of true petrifaction is that the remains of the plant are ... Very various bodies occur in nature as agents of petrifaction. ..."

4. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"CONSOLIDATION OF STRATA AND petrifaction' OF FOSSILS. Chemical and mechanical deposits—Cementing together of particles—Hardening by exposure to ..."

5. Bernard Shaw, the Man and the Mask by Richard Burton, Bernard Shaw (1916)
"Passion, Poison, and petrifaction Or, to give it the full title, " Passion, Poison, and petrifaction, ..."

6. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1857)
"CONSOLIDATION OP STRATA AND petrifaction OF FOSSILS. • Chemical and mechanical deposits—Cementing together of particles—Hardening by exposure to ..."

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