English Explanatory Dictionary

induration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Hardness.
  2. An enduring presence; fixity.
  3. The process of becoming hard.
  4. A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
  5. An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
  6. The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
  7. The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.

Pronunciation

/ɪndjʊˈɹeɪʃən/

Word forms

induration indurations enduration

Etymology

From Middle English induracioun, from Old French induracion (“hardness, obstinacy”) or directly from Medieval Latin induratiō.

Translations

Finnish: kovettuma
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