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白亜化 (はくあか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

白はく亜あ化か

Meanings

1

noun

cretification; chalking

Technical term in geology or materials science for the process of becoming chalky or converting into chalk-like substance.

石せっ灰かい岩がんが白はく亜あ化かする過か程ていを観かん察さつした。
We observed the process of limestone undergoing cretification.

Kanji

白white
亜Asia, rank next, come after
化change, take the form of, influence

Etymology

Compound of 白亜 (chalk, from 白 'white' and 亜 'chalk') and 化 (-ification, change). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.