vanheneminen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aging noun The natural process of growing older.
- senescence noun The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
Senses
vanheneminen is used for these senses in English:
- aging The process of becoming older or more mature.
- aging The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
- obsolescence (countable) The process of becoming obsolete, outmoded or out of date.
aging — full definition
- noun The natural process of growing older.
- noun Making something look or become older on purpose, such as furniture or wine.
senescence — full definition
- noun The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
- noun Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
- noun Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
- noun Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.