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Definition of Petrifaction

Petrifaction
Petrifaction Pet`ri*fac"tion, n. [See Petrify.] 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. ``Petrifaction of the soul.' --Cudworth.

Meaning of Petrifaction from wikipedia

- In geology, petrifaction or petrification (from Ancient Gr**** πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through...
- Petrifaction is the replacement of organic matter by minerals in fossilization. Petrifaction may also refer to: An architectural term – see classical...
- Petrifaction, or petrification, defined as turning people into solid stone, is a common theme in folklore and mythology, as well as in some works of modern...
- processes which convert unconsolidated sediments into sedimentary rocks. Petrifaction, though often used as a synonym, is more specifically used to describe...
- classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Gr**** and Roman architecture of classical...
- of fossilized wood, the fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. Petrifaction is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having been replaced by stone...
- P****ion, Poison, and Petrifaction is a short play by Bernard Shaw, subtitled The Fatal Gazogene: a Brief Tragedy for Barns and Booths. It is a comic mock-melodrama...
- escape the petrifaction effect, only returning after it had subsided to recover Razorback and Rocket Raccoon, who were restored by the petrifaction wave as...
- Shakespeare's King Lear. Bruno Bettelheim Gargoyle Golem Louis MacNeice Petrifaction in mythology and fiction Sophie Calle Craighead, W. Edward; Nemeroff...
- Sibylle Baumbach described Medusa as a “multimodal image of intoxication, petrifaction, and luring attractiveness," citing her seductive contemporary representation...