English noun: calcification | |||
1. | calcification (process) a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chemical action, chemical change, chemical process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ossification | ||
2. | calcification (state) tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hardening | ||
3. | calcification (state) an inflexible and unchanging state | ||
Samples | The calcification of negotiations. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | ||