LITHIFICATION

Meaning of LITHIFICATION in English

/lith'euh fi kay"sheuhn/ , n. Geol.

the process or processes by which unconsolidated materials are converted into coherent solid rock, as by compaction or cementation. Also called induration .

[ 1870-75; LITH- + -I- + -FICATION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LITHIFICATION — noun see: lithify
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LITHIFICATION — Complex process whereby loose grains of sediment are converted into rock . Lithification may occur at the time a sediment …
Английский словарь Британика
LITHIFICATION — ˌlithəfə̇ˈkāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: from lithify, after such pairs as English edify : edification : the conversion of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LITHIFICATION — see lithify
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LITHIFICATION — complex process whereby freshly deposited loose grains of sediment are converted into rock. Lithification may occur at the time a …
Britannica English vocabulary
LITHIFICATION — n. Complex process whereby loose grains of sediment are converted into rock . Lithification may occur at the time a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LITHIFICATION — геол. окаменение, литификаци (геология) окаменение, литификация
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LITHIFICATION — n геол. окаменение, литификация
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LITHIFICATION — геол. окаменение, литификаци
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LITHIFICATION — (n) литификация; окаменение
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LITHIFICATION — n геол. окаменение, литификация
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LITHIFICATION — n геол. окаменение, литификация
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LITHIFICATION — литификация окаменение
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
LITHIFICATION — геол. окаменение, литификаци (геология) окаменение, литификация
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LITHIFY — verb (-fied; -fying) Date: 1877 transitive verb to change to stone ; petrify , intransitive verb to become changed into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEDIMENTOLOGY — Scientific discipline concerned with the physical and chemical properties of lithification of sediments. The aim of much sedimentological research is …
Английский словарь Британика
SEDIMENTARY ROCK — Rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by …
Английский словарь Британика
DIAGENESIS — Sum of all processes, chiefly chemical, that produce changes in a sediment after its deposition but before its final lithification …
Английский словарь Британика
CONSOLIDATION — I. kənˌsäləˈdāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English consolidacion, from Late Latin consolidation-, consolidatio, from Latin consolidatus + -ion-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDURATION — — indurative , adj. /in'doo ray"sheuhn, -dyoo-/ , n. 1. the act of indurating. 2. the state of being indurated. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONSOLIDATION — — consolidative , adj. /keuhn sol'i day"sheuhn/ , n. 1. an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LITHIFY — [ 'lɪθɪfʌɪ ] ■ verb ( lithifies , ~ing , lithified ) chiefly Geology transform into stone. Derivatives lithification noun …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SEDIMENTOLOGY — scientific discipline that is concerned with the physical and chemical properties of sedimentary rocks and the processes involved in their …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEDIMENTARY ROCK — rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of sediment (detrital rock) or by the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GEOLOGIC SCIENCES — the fields of study concerned with the solid Earth. Included are sciences such as mineralogy, geodesy, and stratigraphy. An introduction …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOLOMITE — type of limestone the carbonate fraction of which is dominated by the mineral dolomite, calcium magnesium carbonate [CaMg(CO3)2]. For detailed …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIAGENESIS — sum of all processes, chiefly chemical, by which changes in a sediment are brought about after its deposition but before …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEDIMENTOLOGY — n. Scientific discipline concerned with the physical and chemical properties of sedimentary rocks and the processes involved in their formation, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SEDIMENTARY ROCK — Rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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