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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone;
[syn: fossilization, fossilisation]

2. becoming inflexible or out of date;
[syn: fossilization, fossilisation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fossilisation
    n 1: the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed
         in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone
         [syn: fossilization, fossilisation]
    2: becoming inflexible or out of date [syn: fossilization,
       fossilisation]