fossilization (n.)

  1. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone

    [ Syn: fossilisation ]

  2. becoming inflexible or out of date

    [ Syn: fossilisation ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.