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What does fossilization mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fossilization? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
  2. (figuratively) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.
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The probability of fossilization is investigated by taphonomists and geologists, who have concluded that it usually is very low.
However, these specimens were heavily altered in the course of the fossilization process.
Energy produced from rocks created through the fossilization of living matter: oil, natural gas and coal.
Oil, natural gas, coal and other energy sources created in the Earth's crust through the fossilization of living matter.
The party Polaroid is not so much an evocation of a past event as it is an instant fossilization of the present.
Under normal conditions, fossilization will rarely take place, and may best be explained through flood geology mechanisms.

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