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maturation - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'maturation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Maturation [ n.]
- The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.

Meaning of 'maturation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . maturation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (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
Example in sentence:
  • he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children