noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of forming a cementation from soil by the precipitation from groundwater of a crystalline matrix. uncountable
2. 2
   The cement so formed. uncountable

Etymology

From pedo- (“soil”) + cementation.

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