fossilization Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone
    fossilisation.
  2. noun becoming inflexible or out of date
    fossilisation.

WordNet

Fos`sil*i*za"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. fossilisation.
Definitions
  1. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.

Webster 1913