Aging (disambiguation)
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Ageing
Ageing
Ageing or aging is the accumulation of changes in a person over time. Ageing in humans refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change. Some dimensions of ageing grow and expand over time, while others decline...

is the effect of time on a person.

Aging or ageing may also refer to:
  • Aging (task scheduling), an operating system process
  • Aging of wine
    Aging of wine
    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 reactions involving a wine's sugars, acids and phenolic compounds can alter the aroma, color,...

    , the effect of time on wine
  • Ostwald ripening
    Ostwald ripening
    right|thumb|300px|Basic schematic of the Ostwald ripening process Ostwald ripening is an observed phenomenon in solid solutions or liquid sols which describes the change of an inhomogeneous structure over time...

    , precipitate or deposit aging in chemistry
  • Precipitation hardening, a heat treatment of materials
  • Senescence
    Senescence
    Senescence or biological aging is the change in the biology of an organism as it ages after its maturity. Such changes range from those affecting its cells and their function to those affecting the whole organism...

    , the biological effect of time
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