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lithified

/ˈlɪθɪfaɪd/

Übersetzungen

lithifyverb

lithified

Präteritum

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Präteritum

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Partizip Perfekt

lithifying

Gerundium

/ˈlɪθɪfaɪ/

Over millions of years, sediment can lithify into solid rock.

За миллионы лет осадок может литофицироваться в твердую породу.

Synonyme

lithifyverb

To transform sediment or other material into solid rock, typically through compaction and cementation.

Over millions of years, the sediment at the bottom of the ocean began to lithify into limestone.

(intransitive) To undergo lithification; to become converted into solid rock.

The pumice fragments gradually lithified beneath successive layers of sediment.