petrifaction Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
petrification.
noun a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

See Petrify.

The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
The state or condition of being petrified.
That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "Petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth.