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Maturation   /mˌætʃərˈeɪʃən/  /mˌætʃʊrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Maturation

noun
1.
Coming to full development; becoming mature.  Synonyms: maturement, ripening.
2.
(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.  Synonyms: development, growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.  Antonym: nondevelopment.
3.
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.  Synonyms: festering, suppuration.



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"Maturation" Quotes from Famous Books



... citric, and tartaric acids. As the fruit becomes developed, the pellicle thins, becomes transparent, and allows both light and heat to exercise a more marked influence. It is during this period that maturation commences. The acids react on the cambium, which flows into the fruit, and, aided by the increased temperature, convert it into saccharine matter; at the same time they disappear, being saturated with gelatine, when maturation is ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 20, Issue 558, July 21, 1832 • Various



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