Calcification (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a changing into lime.
  2. the deposition of lime or insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, as in a tissue.
  3. a calcified formation.
  4. a soil process in which the surface soil is supplied with calcium in such a way that the soil colloids are always close to saturation.
  5. a hardening or solidifying; rigidity: As the conflict developed, there was an increasing calcification of attitudes on both sides.
noun
  1. the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
  2. a tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
  3. any calcified object or formation
    Calcification (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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