n. The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
n. The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A making immobile; reduction to immobility.
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n. fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
n. the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
Word Usage
"The presence of ZVI and other amendments unique to EHC-M ™ formulations will yield rapid, irreversible, long-term immobilization of heavy metals - while simultaneously dechlorinating organic compounds."