Associations to the word «Mineralization»

Wiktionary

MINERALIZATION, noun. A form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals
MINERALIZATION, noun. The breakdown of organic matter in the soil to form soluble inorganic compounds
MINERALIZATION, noun. (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in abnormal parts of the skeleton
MINERALIZATION, noun. The addition of minerals to water to make a mineral water

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky