Transformed into coal through geological processes; having undergone coalification.
Past participle of 'coalify,' from 'coal' + Latin '-ficare' (to make). Technical geological and paleontological term.
Ancient plant material that became coalified billions of years ago is now being burned in seconds in power plants—an absurdly compressed timescale of geological versus human processes.
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