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The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
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petrifaction
Word definitions for petrifaction in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the condition of being petrified
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Petrifaction is the replacement of organic matter by minerals in fossilization. For the architectural usage see Classical architecture#Petrification Petrifaction in mythology and fiction discusses the fictional usage of the concept
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape [syn: petrification ] a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Petrifaction \Pet`ri*fac"tion\, n. [See Petrify .] The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness. The state or condition of being petrified. That which ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "action or process of hardening," from petrify on model of satisfaction , etc.
Usage examples of petrifaction.
Look at those petrifactions all over it, these different substances almost turned to mineral, we might say, through the action of the salt water!
Next to outright estellation, take it all in all, petrifaction by the Gorgon's gaze in a dignified position toward the evening of an honorable reign seemed to me as near an approach to immortality as any merely mortal monarch could be blessed with.