meaning of petrifaction

1. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
2.
The state or condition of being petrified.
3.
That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
4.
Fig. : Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
5.
a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form


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