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Meanings of petrification in inglés
catalán
petrificació español
petrificación A process by which organic material is converted into stone by impregnation with silica.
Sinónimos
Examples for "petrifaction"
Examples for "petrifaction"
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This petrifaction of egoism would from amazedly to austerely refuse the petition.
2
There is no shadow of doubt that this is a genuine petrifaction.
3
There is petrifaction of the understanding; and also of the sense of shame.
4
But this main fact makes intelligible all the phenomena of petrifaction and retrogression.
5
Perhaps the process might be more aptly called one of petrifaction.
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Finally, the peptide-based substrates can be engineered prior to silicification to alter the morphology and mechanical properties of the resulting hybrid and tubular materials.
Usage of petrification in inglés
1
I shall accept involution, petrification of the sutures and limitation with good grace.
2
The petrification process was unstable, and the jelligantic was disintegrating.
3
The waters of the lough have curious powers of petrification.
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The mistake lies in wishing to escape from it by a petrification of our joys.
5
I was not investigating a petrification but a fluid.
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What lay ahead of me was worse than petrification.
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There is another famous petrification in the Iliad.
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The very music had an air of incipient petrification, if I can speak so about sounds.
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They were in every stage of petrification.
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Alas, he waited too long, overshot the mark, and heard his voice go well beyond evenness into petrification.
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From some peaks they caught glimpses of other towns that had fallen under the strange spell of the petrification.
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And their consternation solidified to petrification when he paused at the end, contemplated the multitude reflectively, and then said, impressively:
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The forest of towers marching up out of the waves resembled to some an immense army cursed into eternal petrification.
14
I thought she was stone, and now I begin to think it must be of such stone as Niobe-thepetrification of despair.
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They were kind towards me and made every attempt to lift me out of the state of internal petrification I was in, but in vain.
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Well, people are satisfied with this petrification, they accommodate themselves to it, make the most of it, conduct business on it, and live as usual.
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Petrification through the time