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Definition: Ageing |
AgeingAdjective1. Growing old. Noun1. Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time. 2. The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ageing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Meteorology & Standards | Variation of properties of metal which has undergone previous treatment: hardening and/or work hardening. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemistry | Changing the properties of an adhesive by chemical reaction(which may be condensation, polymerisation or vulcanisation)and thereby developing maximum strength. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | Any persisting change, except failure, taking place in either the forward or reverse resistance characteristics. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The gradual change of characteristics with passage of time. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The change in operating frequency over a specific time period, typically expressed as a maximum value in parts per million(ppm/yr). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | Allowing certain reactions to develop naturally, in appropriate containers, thereby giving the spirituous beverage in question organoleptic qualities previously absent. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A change in properties which is dependent on time and storage conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A physiological or morphological change in the life of an organism or its parts, generally irreversible and typically associated with a decline in growth and reproductive vigour. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Change in a metal by which its structure recovers from an unstable condition produced by quenching or by cold working. . Source: European Union. (references) |
| Time dependent changes of the physical and chemical properties of a coating film. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | The systematic change in frequency of an oscillator with time. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | A gradual process in which the proportions of adults and elderly increase in a population, while the proportion of children and adolescents decrease. Ageing occurs when fertility rates decline while life expectancy remains constant or improves. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AgeingSynonyms: senescent (adj), aging (n), ripening (n), senescence (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ageing |
| Specialty definitions using "ageing": accelerated ageing, accelerated aging, aged wine, ageing of the population ♦ brightness reversion ♦ crusted wines ♦ dead lake ♦ esterification ♦ heat endurance ♦ tarry taste, two steps ageing, two steps aging. (references) |
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Lyrics | Forceful ageing, (Prayer For The Dying; performing artist: Seal) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Perique tobacco in process of ageing near Lutcher, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | American Enka Corp., Morristown, Tennessee. Ageing room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Mauritius | On the domestic front, the decline in fertility and the ageing of the population will decrease the available pool of labor for the economy, thus reducing the long-term growth potential. (references) |
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| "Ageing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 39.97% of the time. "Ageing" is used about 587 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 39.97% | 235 | 19,568 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 34.18% | 201 | 21,536 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.2% | 107 | 31,463 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.65% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Total | 100.00% | 587 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ageing": accelerated ageing ♦ ageing body ♦ ageing of the population ♦ artificial ageing ♦ crystal ageing ♦ heat ageing ♦ quench ageing ♦ strain ageing ♦ transistor ageing ♦ two steps ageing. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ageing": anti-ageing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ageing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | të pjekurit (aging), stazh (aging, attachment, clerkship, experience, probation). (various references) | |
Arabic | الهرم, التعمير (longevity). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | остаряване (aging, growing old, obsolescence, obsolescense), отлежаване (aging, seasoning). (various references) | |
Chinese | 变老 (Aged). (various references) | |
Czech | stárnutí (senescence), stárnoucí (senescent). (various references) | |
Danish | aldring (aging), alderstilvækst i befolkningen (ageing of the population), aeldning (aging), transistoraeldning (aging, transistor ageing, transistor aging), modning (aging, early maturity, fattening(to marketable quality), maturation, maturing, mellowing, ripening, slow fermentation, veraison), lagerbestandig, holdbar, glasindustri (aging, maturing), dampning (dampening, dewing), befolkningens aldring (ageing of the population), ældning (maturation). (various references) | |
Dutch | veroudering (age hardening, aging, slow fermentation, souring, to age). (various references) | |
Finnish | vanhentuminen (obsolescence, staling), vanhentaminen (aging), vanhenemisprosessi, vanheneminen (aging, obsolescence, staling), transistorin vanhentaminen (aging, transistor ageing, transistor aging), transistorin vanheneminen (aging, transistor ageing, transistor aging), ikääntyminen (aging). (various references) | |
French | vieillissement (aging). (various references) | |
German | Alterung (aging), Altern (age, aging, get older, mature, olden). (various references) | |
Greek | γήρανση (age hardening). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בלות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | öregedés (aging, curing), stabilizálás, pihentetés (conditioning), nemesítés (sublimation), leromlás (cachexy, failure), kopás (abrasion, aging, chafing, deterioration, fraying, rubbing down, waste, wear), hevertetés, gyantaképző hajlam, elkopás (aging, attrition, chafing, deterioration), betonkezelés, avulás (aging, obsolescence), anyagkifáradás, öregedő (aging, elderly), öregítés (aging), érlelés (aging, curing, maturation). (various references) | |
Italian | invecchiamento (aging). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 老化 (senile deterioration), ウロン酸 (ace, acre, age, age shooter, age-group, ageism, agency, agent, aging, agism, ether, someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment., undine, uronic acid). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ろうか (beacon, corridor, senile deterioration, signal fire), エージング (aging). (various references) | |
Korean | 나이 ". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ageingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vaporização (evaporation, vaporization), senescência (aging, senescence), presa (acquisition, booty, chase, clutch, fang, gain, hold, nipper, prey, quarry, ravin, swag, talon, tusk), polimerização (polymerisation, polymerization), maturação (mellowness, ripeness), maceração (maceration, mortification), fixação (allocation, anchorage, definition, determination, fastening, fixation, furnishings, placement, retention, setting, settlement), envelhecimento dum transistor (aging, transistor ageing, transistor aging), envelhecimento do cristal (aging, crystal ageing, crystal aging), envelhecimento de população (ageing of the population), envelhecimento (age hardening, aging, aging rate, burn in, burn-in, maturation, maturing, souring). (various references) | |
Romanian | îmbãtrânire. (various references) | |
Russian | стареть старение стареющий, старение (consenescence, senescence), вызревание (maturing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | starenje (aging). (various references) | |
Spanish | envejecimiento (aging). (various references) | |
Swedish | åldrande (obsolescence, senescent). (various references) | |
Turkish | yaşlanma (aging, anointment), ihtiyarlama (aging, getting old), eskime (aging, becoming old, obsolescence, wear). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | старіючий (obsolescent), старіння (aging, obsolescence, obsoletion, senescence), тренування (coaching, training, workout), визрівання (gestation), дозріваючий, дозрівання (aging, maturation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự hoá gi (aging). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ageing": ageings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ageing": unageing. (additional references) | |
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"Ageing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abeking, aceing, Adeang, agean, agein, agenic, agien, agrin, Ajeen, Algenib, apeing, Arenig, axeing, ayeing, gaiiing, hagenia, ogering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gaeing. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-i-n" | |
-1 letter: aggie, aging. | |
-2 letters: agin, gaen, gage, gain, gane, gang, gien, giga. | |
-3 letters: age, ain, ane, ani, egg, eng, gae, gag, gan, gen, gie, gig, gin, nae, nag. | |
-4 letters: ae, ag, ai, an, en, in, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-i-n" | |
+1 letter: ageings, gearing, naggier, signage. | |
+2 letters: agenting, agreeing, alleging, angeling, angering, avenging, begazing, cageling, encaging, engaging, enraging, ganglier, gaveling, gearings, gelating, gingivae, glaceing, gleaming, gleaning, greasing, lagering, leaguing, legating, naggiest, negating, regaling, seagoing, signages, snaggier, unageing, wagering. | |
+3 letters: agenizing, agentings, anagogies, averaging, badgering, bagginess, begalling, beggaring, cagelings, daggering, dangering, defanging, degassing, deglazing, degrading, deranging, disengage, dogearing, easygoing, engraving, enlarging, fenagling, galingale, galleting, gandering, gangliest, gardening, garnering, gartering, gathering, gavelling, gazetting, gemmating, gestating, gheraoing, gleanings, graveling, gregarine, intergang, laagering, messaging, niggarded, pargeting, presaging, rearguing, regaining, regarding, regauging, regearing, reglazing, regrading, regrating, rehanging, reimaging, restaging, retagging, saggering, snaggiest, targeting. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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