D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Mineralization

/mĭnˌ-ẽr-əl-əz-āsh'-ən/ · Min·er·al·i·za·tion · IPA /mˌɪnərələzˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mi…
  1. 1.
    The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
  2. 2.
    The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
  3. 3.
    The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.(Bot.)