Aging is the effect of time on a person.
Aging or ageing may also refer to:
Biology
edit- Senescence, the biological effect of time on an organism
Demography
edit- Population ageing, a shift in the distribution of a population towards older ages
Chemistry and materials science
edit- Polymer degradation, a change of polymer properties due to environmental factors
- Precipitation hardening, a heat treatment of materials
- Ostwald ripening, precipitate or deposit aging in chemistry
- Ageing (textiles), after treatment of textiles
Food preparation
edit- Aging (food), the leaving of a product to improve its flavor
- Aging of wine, the effect of time on wine
- Barrel aging, a method of maturing wine, spirits, etc.
- Beef aging, a process of preparing beef for consumption
- Cheese ripening, a process in cheesemaking
Computers
edit- Aging (file system), a tendency towards data fragmentation in file systems
- Aging (scheduling), an operating system technique for resource allocation
- Software aging, the tendency of software to exhibit problems as time passes by
Other uses
edit- Aging (artwork), a process by which an artwork is made to appear old
- Aging (journal), a medical journal