Petrification. / An object that has become petrified. / The condition of being petrified.

To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals. / To produce rigidity akin to stone. / To immobilize with fright.

(chemistry) any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas

Of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them

(neurology) A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as minor, the person becomes vacant or unaware, but not involving spasms and unconsciousness. These seizures are usually brief, lasting up to 30 seconds, and may include twitching. A formal medical term would be absence seizures.

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore) A filling station, gas station; a facility selling fuel for road motor vehicles

(SI) One quadrillion (10¹⁵, or 1,000,000,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: PB.

(law) Someone who presents a petition to a court. / Someone who presents a petition to some person in authority.

(idiomatic) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

Wilson's storm petrel.