maturation
the process of becoming mature, ripe, fully aged or developed, etc.: Maturation of the wine takes place in high-quality oak barrels.Making and breaking relationships is part of a young person’s normal maturation.
Cell Biology.
the end of the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to highly specialized: The maturation of pancreatic beta cells enables them to respond with specialized accuracy to glucose levels.
the transformation of an immature egg or sperm cell into a gamete ready to unite with another to form a new organism, especially the part of the process that occurs after meiosis: In some species, if the animal is starving, egg cell maturation is blocked so that reproduction cannot take place.
Pathology. the stage at which a wound, boil, etc., produces pus; suppuration.
Origin of maturation
1Other words from maturation
- mat·u·ra·tion·al, adjective
- non·mat·u·ra·tion, noun
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How to use maturation in a sentence
The Future of TV Briefing this week looks at how the free, ad-supported streaming TV market has entered a new era in its maturation.
Future of TV Briefing: The free, ad-supported streaming TV market has come of age | Tim Peterson | July 21, 2021 | DigidayFlow-enhanced vascularization and maturation of kidney organoids in vitro.
So for these women, researchers had to find ways to bring a bunch of eggs to maturity all at once and outside the body — a technique known as in vitro maturation.
Solving mysteries of reproduction helped make parenthood possible for millions | Robin Marantz Henig | June 9, 2021 | Science NewsThis series — and the entire season — has been another step in the maturation of the Wizards’ franchise player.
Bradley Beal has grown since his last playoff trip, but it hasn’t been enough against 76ers | Kareem Copeland | May 30, 2021 | Washington PostNot all of them, but there’s an opportunity based on the growth we’re seeing now and the maturation of how they’re using it.
“The influence of the oak maturation casks on the final character of The Macallan is vital,” says MacPherson.
Therefore in our view we need to talk about our wood management before any other factor in the maturation of The Macallan.
Why Natural Color Is So Crucial To Understanding A Whisky’s Flavors | | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs someone who supports this basic agenda, I am heartened to see this maturation, and the shift in power that has come with it.
We’re Here, We’re Pro-Israel/Pro-Peace, We’re Used to It. Now What? | Jay Michaelson | September 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut as Vaillant aged with the men, he discovered that even his modified model of maturation needed modification.
What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life | Dan Slater | November 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTVaillant began with the old Eriksonian model, in which maturation is equated with a deepening capacity for love and work.
What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life | Dan Slater | November 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA few eruptions shewed themselves on the forehead, but they very soon disappeared without advancing to maturation.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward JennerThis is called maturation, or the maturation division, and the new cells have only half the original number of chromosomes.
Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary BlanchardWe now know very well certain signs which appear upon the maturation of the ovum, of which we shall not say more here.
Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex | Samuel Leopold SchenkThis alteration of pressure and vacuum is continued until the desired maturation is obtained.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersIts maturation does not take more than a year, and is accomplished sometimes in nine months.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for maturation
/ (ˌmætjʊˈreɪʃən, ˌmætʃʊ-) /
the process of maturing or ripening
zoology the development of ova and spermatozoa from precursor cells in the ovary and testis, involving meiosis
a less common word for suppuration
Derived forms of maturation
- maturational, adjective
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