- In geology,
petrifaction or
petrification (from
Ancient Gr**** πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the
process by
which organic material becomes a
fossil through...
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Petrifaction is the
replacement of
organic matter by
minerals in fossilization.
Petrifaction may also
refer to: An
architectural term – see classical...
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processes which convert unconsolidated sediments into
sedimentary rocks.
Petrifaction,
though often used as a synonym, is more
specifically used to describe...
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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...
- 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plants having been
replaced by stone...
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classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less
consciously derived from the
principles of Gr**** and
Roman architecture of classical...
- 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...
- Shakespeare's King Lear.
Bruno Bettelheim Gargoyle Golem Louis MacNeice Petrifaction in
mythology and
fiction Sophie Calle Craighead, W. Edward; Nemeroff...
- maid,
failure of
marriage projects. Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy,
petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destro****. In Astrology, the
Death card is ****ociated...
- held at the time on
fossils and the
petrifaction of
plants and animals: "If what is said
concerning the
petrifaction of
animals and
plants is true, the...
