maturation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun coming to full development; becoming mature
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
noun (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

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

Growth is quick, but maturation slow; both from the same cause, the great humidity of the ground and the atmosphere. — The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus
The genesis and maturation of a planet, its poise and orbit, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every animal and vegetable, are demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson
See Inert matter Maturation as creative evolution, 47-8, 230 Maupas, 35 note Measurement a human convention, 218, 242 of real time an illusion, 336-40 Mechanical account of action after the fact, 47 cause, x, 34, 35, 40, 44, 177, 234, 235 procedure of intellect, 165 invention, 138, 140, 194-5 necessity, 47, 215, 216, 218, 236, 252, 265, 270, 327 Mechanics of transformation, 32 Mechanism, cerebral, 252, 253, 262, 263, 265, 366. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri

ripening, maturement

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