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Fossilization   Listen
noun
Fossilization  n.  The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.






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"Fossilization" Quotes from Famous Books



... sedulous cultivation on the part of the individual of the habit of open-minded inquiry, of the habit of learning, and the encouragement of this tendency by the group are the only antidotes that can be provided against this marked physiological tendency to fossilization and the frequent social tendencies ...
— Human Traits and their Social Significance • Irwin Edman

... formation of minerals, including agates, flint, geodes, etc., he discusses the process of fossilization by molecular changes, silicious particles replacing the vegetable or animal matter, as in ...
— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard



Words linked to "Fossilization" :   action, transition, natural action, activity, passage



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