Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Maturation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
coming to full development; becoming mature
"The maturation of the wine took three years, allowing the flavors to fully develop before bottling."
(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"
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
"The doctor warned that pressing on the boil could force premature maturation, which might spread the infection before the pus was ready to drain."
The process of becoming mature.
"The maturation of her artistic style became evident as she transitioned from sketching landscapes to capturing complex human emotions in her later paintings."