'Fossilization' definitions:
Definition of 'fossilization'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone [syn: fossilization, fossilisation]
noun
Becoming inflexible or out of date [syn: fossilization, fossilisation]
Definition of 'Fossilization'
From: GCIDE
- Fossilization \Fos`sil*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. fossilisation.] The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. [1913 Webster]