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petrification n. 化石;发呆 化石;发呆 petrification n 1: the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape [ synonym: { petrifaction}, { petrification}] Petrification \ Pet` ri* fi* ca" tion\, n. [ Cf. F. p[' e] trification. See { Petrify}.] 1. See { Petrifaction}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Obduracy; callousness. -- Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " petrification": ancient manuscript, antique, antiquity, archaism, arteriosclerosis, artifact, atherosclerosis, calcification, callusing, case hardening, cave painting, concretion, cornification, crystallization, eolith, firming, fossil, fossilization, granulation, hardening, hornification, induration, lapidification, lithification, mezzolith, microlith, neolith, ossification, paleolith, petrifaction, petrified forest, petrified wood, petroglyph, plateaulith, relic, reliquiae, remains, ruin, ruins, sclerosis, setting, solidification, steeling, stiffening, survival, tempering, toughening, vestige, vitrifaction, vitrification
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