bituminization

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noun

The process of bituminizing.

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Meanings

nounbituminization (usually uncountable, plural bituminizations)

plural bituminizations

  1. uncountableusuallyThe process of bituminizing.

    an infiltration of fluid silex into the ligneous tissue, which, having previously undergone bituminization, was in a permeable state

    1850, Gideon Mantell, A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains: Consisting of Coloured Illustrations Selected from Parkinson's "Organic Remains of a Former World," and Artis's "Antediluvian Phytology"

Origin

Compare French bituminisation.

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Translations

Polish bitumizacja
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APA

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Chicago

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