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maturation

maturation noun: the process of becoming mature.

Noun

maturation (countable and uncountable, plural maturations)

  1. The process of becoming mature.
  2. The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
  3. The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

maturation meaning in Tamil and Kannada

maturation in Tamil

பூப்பெய்தல், முதிர்ச்சி, வளர்ந்தநிலை, முதிர்வு, முற்றிய, முழுவளர்ச்சி

maturation in Kannada

ಪರಿಪಕ್ವ ಸ್ಥತಿ, ಪಕ್ವವಾಗುವುದು

Examples of maturation in a sentence

  • This "mimic agnosy" will be removed only through very prolonged maturation and learning.
  • Insufficient maturation of oocyte is not enough to support the subsequent embryo development, and oocyte will be senescent if overmatured.
  • Next, affinity maturation of hz1E11 was performed by the randomization of CDR-L3 and H3 residues followed by stringent biopanning selection.

All 12 example sentences with maturation

Forms of maturation

pluralmaturations

Origin of maturation

From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.

Words formed from maturation

Questions about maturation

What does maturation mean?
Maturation means the process of becoming mature.
What is maturation in Tamil?
Maturation in Tamil is பூப்பெய்தல், முதிர்ச்சி, வளர்ந்தநிலை. See Maturation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is maturation?
Maturation is a noun.
What is the plural of maturation?
The plural of maturation is maturations.

Words near maturation in the dictionary

  1. maturases
  2. maturate
  3. maturated
  4. maturates
  5. maturating
  6. maturation
  7. maturational
  8. maturationally
  9. maturationism
  10. maturations
  11. maturative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maturation (page history and authors); maturation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maturation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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