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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The process by which compacted sediment loses liquid and turns into stone.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hardening into stone; the process of becoming stone.

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  • noun geology The compaction and cementation of sediment into rock.

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