What does Maturation mean?
Definitions for Maturation
ˌmætʃ əˈreɪ ʃənmat·u·ra·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
maturation, ripening, maturementnoun
coming to full development; becoming mature
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesisnoun
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
festering, suppuration, maturationnoun
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Wiktionary
maturationnoun
The process of becoming mature
maturationnoun
The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Maturationnoun
Etymology: from maturo, Latin.
One of the causes why grains and fruits are more nourishing than leaves is, the length of time in which they grow to maturation. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 466.
There is the maturation of fruits, the maturation of drinks, and the maturation of impostumes; as also other maturations of metals. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 312.
We have no heat to spare in Summer; it is very well if it be sufficient for the maturation of fruits. Richard Bentley, Serm.
Webster Dictionary
Maturationnoun
the process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter
Etymology: [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Maturation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Maturation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Maturation in a Sentence
The prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until the mid-20s, so there is a slow maturation in the ability to calculate risk.
Milestone B is currently projected for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. This represents the completion of technology maturation and risk reduction activities and initiates the engineering and manufacturing development phase.
It's tough to tell because the third shot of an mRNA could not only do what we absolutely know it does, is it dramatically increased the level of protection. But from an immunological standpoint, it could very well increase the durability of protection by things that you can't readily measure by the level of antibodies that you might have a maturation of the immune system that would prolong the durability.
I think because my work being( sic) so tied to my body and like face and like identity, and whatever I'd been identified as, it delayed some of my growth and maturation in my mid-20s.
Denosumab also decreases bone resorption by inhibiting maturation of osteoclasts through binding to a receptor on the surface of 'pre-osteoclast cells,'.
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