noun
1. a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑calcify
• Hypernyms: ↑chemical process, ↑chemical change, ↑chemical action
• Hyponyms: ↑ossification
2. tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
• Derivationally related forms: ↑calcify
• Hypernyms: ↑hardening
3. an inflexible and unchanging state
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the calcification of negotiations
• Derivationally related forms: ↑calcify
• Hypernyms: ↑inaction, ↑inactivity, ↑inactiveness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.