When air gets to a wine and makes it insipid
Oxygen is wine's invisible enemy, and when a wine gets exposed to air, it becomes "oxidized." The result is flat, lifeless wine that loses its pretty, vibrant fruit scents and tastes insipid -- it will likely remind you of vinegar
arth of oxidation
premature
Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed., Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay., Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.
Premature Baby
oxidation
Oxidation has three main meanings in science, 1) An substance gaining oxygen 2) A substance loses electrons 3) A substance increases in oxidation number (ox. State)
The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.
The scum formed, usually by oxidation, on the surfaces of molten metals
IMMATUREHope this helps!PREMATURE is another word where you have "pre" as the preffix for the word "mature" creating the word "premature". The definition meaning "to happen too quickly" or "before it is suppose to".
Oxygen. -2 oxidation state. Meaning oxygen can accept two electrons into its valance shell completing its octet, or Noble gas configuration.
"Premature" can function as an adjective.
The premature baby was slow to develop.