Look up: maturation

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   maturation
   [n] - coming to full development
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   maturation
   allowing certain reactions to develop naturally,in appropriate containers,thereby giving the spirituous beverage in question organoleptic qualities previously absent Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Maturation
   The process of becoming fully differentiated, fully functional and hence fully reproductive.
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   Maturation
   Mat`u·ra'tion noun [ Latin maturatio a hastening: confer French maturation .] The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
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   maturation
   1. Achievement of full development or growth. ... 2. Developmental changes that lead to maturity. ... 3. Processing of a macromolecule; e.g., posttranscriptional modification of RNA or posttranslational modification of proteins. ... Origin: L. Maturatio, a ripening, fr. Maturus, ripe ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   maturation
   maturement noun coming to full development; becoming mature
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   Maturation
   `Maturation` could refer to any of the following: * Fetal development * Developmental biology * Emotional development * Or physical maturation of any biological life form - see individual articles for maturation of different life forms. *In Research A threat to internal validity in which subjects change during the course of the experiment or even between measurements and the researcher may not be able to determine if the cause of the discrepancy ...
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   maturation
   (mach″u-ra´shәn) the stage or process of attaining maximal development; attainment of maximal intellectual and emotional development. in biology, a process of cell division during which the number of chromosomes in the germ cell is reduced to half the number characteristic of the species.
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   Maturation
   • (n.) The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
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    maturation
    (from the article `beer`) A slow secondary fermentation of residual or added sugar (called primings) or, in lager brewing, the addition of actively fermenting wort (called ... The term age refers to the actual duration of storage, while maturity expresses the degree to which chemical changes occur during storage. The ... [2 related a...
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    maturation
    (from the article `animal learning`) A second broad class of changes in behaviour can be attributed to maturation. We are inclined to ascribe the unfolding pattern of behaviour that ... Fruit development can generally be divided into three major stages: growth, maturation, and senescence. The period of growth generally involves cell ......
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    maturation
    
    1. coming to full development; becoming mature
    2. 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
    
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