"petrification" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-petrification.ogg Forms: petrifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|pétrification}} French pétrification, {{uder|en|frm|pétrifier}} Middle French pétrifier, {{m|fr|-ation}} -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} petrification (countable and uncountable, plural petrifications)
  1. Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts): πώρωσις (pṓrōsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), verstening (Dutch), Versteinerung [feminine] (German), Petrifikation [feminine] (German), whakatokatanga (Maori), petrificacion (Occitan), petryfikacja [feminine] (Polish), petrificación [feminine] (Spanish), silicatización (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-petrification-en-noun-fvMpa7C~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 31 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 26 23 Disambiguation of 'process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts': 86 6 8
  2. (figurative) obduracy; callousness. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-petrification-en-noun-ukcOK8QY
  3. (figurative) Sheer terror; great fright. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-petrification-en-noun-yjobCb0J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: petrifaction Related terms: petrified forest, petrified wood, petrify, crystallization, vitrification

Inflected forms

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