मूल आकार को बदले बिना खनिज कणों को ले जाने वाले पानी के साथ घुसपैठ करके कुछ पौधों की सामग्री को पत्थर में बदलने की प्रक्रिया

Noun:

पत्थर जानेवाला पदार्थ,

petrifaction's Usage Examples:

petrifaction mania with a delicate, a very delicate satire.

This second method of fossilization is termed petrifaction.

There was a truth in these criticisms. It was the very aim of Hegelianism to render fluid the fixed phases of reality - to show existence not to be an immovable rock limiting the efforts of thought, but to have thought implicit in it, waiting for release from its petrifaction.

The chemical bodies which have played the most important part as agents of petrifaction are silicic acid and calcium carbonate, though other substances, such as magnesium carbonate, calcium sulphate and ferric oxide have also been concerned, either as the chief constituents of petrifac tions, or mixed with other bodies.

Although some information as to minute structure may often be gleaned from the carbonaceous coating of impressions, the fossils preserved by petrifaction are the main source of our knowledge of the structural characters of ancient plants.

petrifaction's Meaning':

the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

Synonyms:

rock, stone,

Antonyms:

artifact, bad person, achromatic,