fossilization : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fossilization	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fossilization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fossilization n the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone Synonym(s): fossilization, fossilisation becoming inflexible or out of date Synonym(s): fossilization, fossilisation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fossilization \Fos`siliza"tion\, n. [Cf. F. fossilisation.] The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.