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• aging process — process of growing older, process of wearing out …   English contemporary dictionary

• aging — ag·ing (āʹjĭng) n. 1. The process of growing old or maturing. 2. An artificial process for imparting the characteristics and properties of age. * * * Gradual change in an organism that leads to increased risk of weakness, disease, and death. It… …   Universalium

• Aging of wine — Bottles of wine in an underground cellar aging The aging of wine, and its ability to potentially improve wine quality, distinguishes wine from most other consumable goods. While wine is perishable and capable of deteriorating, complex chemical… …   Wikipedia

• Aging offender — An aging offender or an elderly offender in an individual over the age of 55 who breaks the law or is in prison. [Newman, Newman Gewirtz Is Special Treatment Needed For Elderly Offenders? p. 4] It is also a term than can refer to the concept of… …   Wikipedia

• Aging Research Centre — The Aging Research Centre (ARC) is an independent non profit educational research centre with facilities in Berkeley, California and in Waterloo, Ontario. Founded in 1994, it focuses its research in three areas: (1) the assembling and linking… …   Wikipedia

• aging — ag|ing1 [ eıdʒıŋ ] adjective an aging person is becoming old: a town with an aging population a. an aging machine, vehicle, or building is too old and no longer useful aging ag|ing 2 [ eıdʒıŋ ] noun uncount the process of becoming old: a way to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• process — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gradual, lengthy, long, slow, time consuming ▪ constant, continuous, ongoing ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Aging barrel — An aging barrel is a barrel used to age wine or distilled spirits such as whiskey, brandy, or rum.When a wine or whiskey/whisky ages in a barrel, small amounts of oxygen are introduced as the barrel lets some air in (compare to microoxygenation… …   Wikipedia

• Aging, National Institute on (NIA) — One of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mission of the National Institute on Aging is to “lead a national program of research on the biomedical, social, and behavioral aspects of the aging process; the prevention of age related… …   Medical dictionary

• Aging out — is popular culture vernacular used to describe anytime a youth leaves a formal system of care designed to provide services below a certain age level. There are a variety of applications of the phrase throughout the youth development field.… …   Wikipedia

• Aging — Ag ing, n. the process by which objects or materials acquire desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time under specific conditions. It is used mostly for foods snd beverages, but also for other materials. [Also spelled {ageing}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English