"fossilization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fossilizations [plural]
Etymology: fossil + -ization or fossilize + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fossil|ization}} fossil + -ization, {{suffix|en|fossilize|ation}} fossilize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fossilization (countable and uncountable, plural fossilizations)
  1. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the process of conversion into a fossil): fossilització [feminine] (Catalan), kivettyminen (Finnish), fossilisation [feminine] (French), απολίθωση (apolíthosi) [feminine] (Greek), fosilizare [feminine] (Romanian), fosilizație [feminine] (Romanian), fosilización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fossilization-en-noun-7olqiP5a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, English terms suffixed with -ization Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'the process of conversion into a fossil': 70 30
  2. (figuratively, by extension) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date. Tags: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (the process of becoming fixed): fossilització [feminine] (Catalan), kivettyminen (Finnish), fossilisation [feminine] (French), fosilización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fossilization-en-noun-EhrhRHsB Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of 'the process of becoming fixed': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fossilisation

Inflected forms

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