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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Petrification  \Pet`ri*fi*ca"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  p['e]trification. 
  See  {Petrify}.] 
  1.  See  {Petrifaction}. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  Obduracy;  callousness.  --Hallywell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  petrification 
  n  :  the  process  of  turning  some  plant  material  into  stone  by 
  infiltration  with  water  carrying  mineral  particles 
  without  changing  the  original  shape  [syn:  {petrifaction}] 




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