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Definitions for maturation
ˌmætʃ əˈreɪ ʃənmat·u·ra·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. maturation, ripening, maturementnoun

    coming to full development; becoming mature

  2. 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"

  3. festering, suppuration, maturationnoun

    (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

Wiktionary

  1. maturationnoun

    The process of becoming mature

  2. maturationnoun

    The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. maturation

    Maturation refers to the process of fully developing or growing physically, mentally, or spiritually. It involves the growth and development of an individual in order to reach their maximum potential, capacity or full maturity in terms of skills, abilities, behaviors, or biological and psychological functions. This term can be applied in different contexts such as biological, social, emotional, or cognitive development.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Maturationnoun

    the process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter

  2. Etymology: [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of maturation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of maturation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of maturation in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Fauci:

    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.

  2. Jacques Guyette:

    Regenerating a whole heart is most certainly a long-term goal that is several years away, so we are currently working on engineering a functional myocardial patch that could replace cardiac tissue damaged due to a heart attack or failure, among the next steps that we are pursuing are improving methods to generate even more cardiac cells— recellularizing a whole heart would take tens of billions— optimizing bioreactor-based culture techniques to improve the maturation and function of engineered cardiac tissue, and electronically integrating regenerated tissue to function within the recipient’s heart.

  3. Robert McLean:

    Denosumab also decreases bone resorption by inhibiting maturation of osteoclasts through binding to a receptor on the surface of 'pre-osteoclast cells,'.

  4. Pamela Rutledge:

    The prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until the mid-20s, so there is a slow maturation in the ability to calculate risk.

  5. William Schaffner:

    RSV is an enormous problem, particularly for children but also for adults. RSV could produce as much illness as does influenza at least in some years, these are exciting potential advances. We will see them develop as several products come to maturation and come before the Food and Drug Administration for licensure this year or next year. It’s going to be an exciting time.

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