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mineralisation

mineralisation is the alternative spelling of mineralization.

Meaning of mineralization

Noun

mineralization (countable and uncountable, plural mineralizations)

  1. A form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals.
  2. The breakdown of organic matter in the soil to form soluble inorganic compounds.
  3. The deposition of calcium salts as a normal process in bone metabolism.
  4. The deposition of calcium salts in abnormal parts of the skeleton.
  5. The addition of minerals to water to make a mineral water.

Forms of mineralisation

pluralmineralisations

Words formed from mineralisation

Questions about mineralisation

What is mineralisation the alternative spelling of?
Mineralisation is the alternative spelling of mineralization.

Words near mineralisation in the dictionary

  1. mineral wool
  2. mineral wools
  3. mineralisable
  4. mineralisate
  5. mineralisates
  6. mineralisation
  7. mineralisations
  8. mineralise
  9. mineralised
  10. mineraliser
  11. mineralisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mineralisation (page history and authors); mineralization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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