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age A0136900 (āj)n.1. a. The length of time that a person or thing has existed: a man 23 years of age; wanted to know the age of the house.b. The time of life when a person becomes qualified to assume certain civil and personal rights and responsibilities, usually at 18 or 21 years; legal age: under age; of age.c. One of the stages of life: the age of adolescence; at an awkward age.d. The state of being old; old age: hair white with age.2. often Agea. A period of time marked by a distinctive characteristic, achievement, or figure: the Stone Age; the computer age; the Elizabethan Age.b. A period in the history of the earth, usually shorter than an epoch: the Ice Age.3. a. The period of history during which a person lives: a product of his age.b. A generation: ages yet unborn.4. ages Informal An extended period of time: left ages ago.v. aged, ag·ing, ag·es v.tr.1. To cause to become old or to show the signs of becoming old: The stress of the office visibly aged the president.2. To cause to mature or ripen under controlled conditions: aging wine.3. To change (the characteristics of a device) through use, especially to stabilize (an electronic device).v.intr.1. To become old or show signs of becoming old: Who doesn't want to age gracefully?2. To develop a certain quality of ripeness; become mature: cheese aging at room temperature.Phrasal Verb: age out Informal To reach an age, 18 or 21 years, for example, at which one is no longer eligible for certain special services, such as education or protection, from the state.Idiom: come of age To reach maturity.
[Middle English, from Old French aage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, from Latin aetās, aetāt-, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]
ag′er n.ager (ˈeɪdʒə) nanything that produces the effects of age on another thingEncyclopediaSeeageAGER
AGER A gene on chromosome 6p21.3 that encodes a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell surface receptors, which interacts not only with advanced glycosylation end products, but also molecules
implicated in homeostasis, development and inflammation, as well as Alzheimer's and other diseases.LegalSeeAgeAGER
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| AGER➣Advanced Glycosylation End Product-Specific Receptor | | AGER➣Auxiliary General Environmental Research (US Navy and US NSA) | | AGER➣Environmental Research Ship | | AGER➣Asociación Gremial del Empresariado Rural (Spanish; Guatemala) | | AGER➣Asociación Nacional de Generadores de Energía Renovable (Association of Renewable Energy Producers; Guatemala) | | AGER➣Associazione Granaria Emiliano-Romagnola (Italian: Emilia Romagna Wheat Association; est. 1949; Emiliano-Romagnolo, Italy) |
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