单词 | prematuration |
释义 | prematurationn.adj. A. n. 1. Unusually early maturation. Also: a process of maturation (in part or in some respect) which takes place before the ordinary or final stage of maturation. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > (untimely) earliness > making or becoming mature early prematuration1905 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 16 147 We have a totally different sort of thing which could perhaps better be denominated ‘prematuration’, a state that results always from outside interference. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 2/1 The systems followed in the schools of the leading civilised races of the world make for prematuration. 1938 R. B. Goldschmidt Physiol. Genetics ii. 207 Morgan..claimed a prematuration effect to explain irregularities in the inheritance of the gene [named] rudimentary. 1979 Diacritics 9 56 It focuses on the decisive effect of a distinctive temporal structure in sexual development, a proleptic or metaleptic structure marked by prematuration and deferral. 2003 Theriogenology 59 1568 It can be assumed that this double wave [of maturation] may reflect the presence of two oocyte populations with two different degrees of ‘prematuration’. 2. Prematurity at birth. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > complications of childbirth or pregnancy amblosis1706 breech case1774 breech1781 still-birth1785 breech presentation1811 footling1829 turning1842 prematurity1847 head-locking1870 breech position1876 headlock1876 breech delivery1882 breech labour1885 miss1897 postmaturity1902 abruptio placentae1905 preemie1927 breech baby1969 prematuration1977 1977 A. Sheridan tr. J. Lacan Écrits iv. 137 This is a point that I think I have myself helped to elucidate by conceiving the dynamics of the so-called mirror stage as a consequence of a prematuration at birth [Fr. prématuration de la naissance]. B. adj. Biology. Occurring before maturation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > maturation or mature perfecta1387 full-growna1393 mature1801 fully-grown1810 developmental1830 prematuration1914 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 1 31 Possibly many [‘altered’ egg cells or pollen grains] were formed as the result of a prematuration mutation. 1929 R. A. Wardle Probl. Appl. Entomol. xi. 249 The degree of pre-maturation mortality caused by weather, climate, enemies, and disease. 1974 Austral. Jrnl. Agric. Res. 25 883 Only in one cultivar..could a difference in rate of development between samples be attributed with any confidence to pre-maturation cold acquisition. 2000 Ecology 81 2592/2 Factors responsible for differentiating male and female life histories during the juvenile (free-living, prematuration) stage of development. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。