Lexicographical Neighbors of Overmaturity
Literary usage of Overmaturity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1913)
"Where, owing to the overmaturity of the stand or for other reasons, sufficient
natural regeneration cannot be expected, the seeding is if possible done in ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"... as this proposition states, upon knowledge on the part. of' the insurance
company of the existence and overmaturity of the mortgage. ..."
3. The Practice of Silviculture: With Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"overmaturity of timber and too great a preponderance of the older age classes
present great difficulties to the immediate use of selection in many forests, ..."
4. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"The operation may be performed (simple extraction) for cosmetic reasons, to avoid
overmaturity in the opaque lens, and to improve the field of vision upon ..."
5. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society, American Ceramic Society Meeting (1901)
"Specimen B-III-4 is a high grade porcelain with maximum translucency and a
self-glazed surface. Specimen B-III-5 shows signs of overmaturity. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1902)
"Specimen B-III-5 shows signs of overmaturity. It has an opaque glassy appearance
on the surface which destroys translucency. ..."
7. The Theory and Practice of Working Plans (forest Organization) by Arthur Bernhard Recknagel (1917)
"Normal periodic cutting area = -—— X 20 = 196.4 100 acres; for silvicultural
reasons (overmaturity and poor growth) this has to be increased to 258 acres. ..."
8. Practical Cold Storage: The Theory, Design and Construction of Buildings and by Madison Cooper (1905)
"It is probable that much of the loss in quality may be attributed to overmaturity,
brought about by holding the fruit in storage beyond its maximum time; ..."
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