petrification

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) obduracy; callousness.
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Sheer terror; great fright.

Etimologia (Inglese)

From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation.

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