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bituminization

bituminization noun: the process of bituminizing.

Noun

bituminization (usually uncountable, plural bituminizations)

  1. (usually) The process of bituminizing.
    • an infiltration of fluid silex into the ligneous tissue, which, having previously undergone bituminization, was in a permeable state1850, Gideon Mantell, A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains: Consisting of Coloured Illustrations Selected from Parkinson's "Organic Remains of a Former World," and Artis's "Antediluvian Phytology"

Forms of bituminization

pluralbituminizations

Origin of bituminization

Compare French bituminisation.

Words formed from bituminization

Questions about bituminization

What does bituminization mean?
Bituminization means the process of bituminizing.
What part of speech is bituminization?
Bituminization is a noun.
What is the plural of bituminization?
The plural of bituminization is bituminizations.

Words near bituminization in the dictionary

  1. bituminise
  2. bituminised
  3. bituminises
  4. bituminising
  5. bituminite
  6. bituminization
  7. bituminizations
  8. bituminize
  9. bituminized
  10. bituminizes
  11. bituminizing

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