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asbestification

asbestification noun: the process of asbestifying.

Noun

asbestification (uncountable)

  1. The process of asbestifying.
    • Reaction between the silica thus released and the serpentinite with which it came in contact was thought to have caused asbestification.[…]On the Makinyambu property in particular, asbestification of the centre has been restricted to a few well-defined blocks where dynamic action was probably...1953, Kyanite in Kenya: With an Account of Its Occurrence in Some Other Countries and a Discussion on Its Origin, pages 70, 79, 91
    • At the same time the nature of the distribution of asbestos content in the zones of asbestification has been studied; mean statistical parameters have been obtained, and the nature of changes of these parameters with variation of the sampled population has been investigated.1968, Geocom Bulletin, page 174, column 2

Origin of asbestification

From asbestos + -ification.

Questions about asbestification

What does asbestification mean?
Asbestification means the process of asbestifying.
What part of speech is asbestification?
Asbestification is a noun.

Words near asbestification in the dictionary

  1. Asberrys
  2. asbest
  3. asbesti
  4. asbestic
  5. asbestiferous
  6. asbestification
  7. asbestified
  8. asbestifies
  9. asbestiform
  10. asbestiforms
  11. asbestify

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