'Maturation' definitions:
Definition of 'maturation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Coming to full development; becoming mature [syn: maturation, ripening, maturement]
noun
(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" [syn: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis] [ant: nondevelopment]
noun
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus [syn: festering, suppuration, maturation]
Definition of 'Maturation'
From: GCIDE
- Maturation \Mat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.] The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maturation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishment,
- advance,
- advancement,
- aging,
- amplification,
- beautification,
- blossoming,
- budding,
- burgeoning,
- close,
- completing,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- culmination,
- development,
- developmental change,
- elaboration,
- embellishment,
- end,
- ending,
- enlargement,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- excrescence,
- expansion,
- explication,
- finish,
- finishing,
- flowering,
- full development,
- furtherance,
- gemmation,
- germination,
- gradual change,
- growth,
- maturescence,
- maturity,
- mellowing,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- outgrowth,
- overgrowth,
- perfection,
- procreation,
- progress,
- progression,
- pullulation,
- refinement,
- reproduction,
- ripeness,
- ripening,
- rise,
- rounding off,
- rounding out,
- seasoning,
- senescence,
- sprouting,
- tempering,
- termination,
- terminus,
- topping off,
- upgrowth,
- vegetation,
- windup