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fossilizing

/ˈfɒs.ɪ.laɪ.zɪŋ/

/ˈfɑː.sɪ.laɪ.zɪŋ/

fossilizingnoun

fossilizings

Gerund noun referring to the process of turning organic matter into a fossil; normally uncountable, occasionally plural.

Translations

окаменение

The fossilizing of tree resin can preserve insects for millions of years.

Окаменение древесной смолы может сохранить насекомых на миллионы лет.

Additional translations

фоссилизациянаучный термин

Definitions

The act or process of converting something into a fossil.

The fossilizing of tree resin can preserve insects for millions of years.

fossilizinggerund / present participle

Present-participle adjective modifying a noun to mean ‘undergoing or causing fossilization’.

Translations

фоссилизирующийнаучный, технический стиль; может означать «вызывающий окаменение» или «подвергающийся окаменению»

Fossilizing sediments quickly covered the carcass.

Фоссилизирующие осадки быстро покрыли тушу.

Additional translations

окаменевающийобщий стиль; о процессе окаменения

Definitions

Undergoing or causing fossilization.

Fossilizing sediments quickly covered the carcass.

fossilizeverb

fossilizing

Gerund

fossilized

Past Simple

fossilized

Past Participle

fossilizing

Gerund

/ˈfɒs.ɪ.laɪz/

/ˈfɑː.sɪ.laɪz/

Translations

окаменеть

Over millions of years, the bones began to fossilize.

За миллионы лет кости начали окаменеть.

Additional translations

превращаться в окаменелость

Definitions

To convert into a fossil; to cause to become a fossil.

Over millions of years, the remains of the dinosaur began to fossilize in the sediment.

To become rigid or fixed in a certain way, often used metaphorically to describe ideas or practices.

The company's outdated policies have begun to fossilize, making it difficult to implement new strategies.

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