lithifyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈlɪθɪfaɪ/

動詞

lithify (third-person singular simple present lithifies, present participle lithifying, simple past and past participle lithified)

1. To turn sediment into solid rock
   • 2003, Ann G. Harris et al., Geology of National Parks‎, →ISBN, page 13:

     Shale is fine-grained rock made of silt or wet mud that has been lithified by compaction and cementation.

同意語

• petrify

派生語

• autolithify
• lithification

参考

• diagenesis
• lithify on Wikipedia.Wikipedia