growth (gr th)n. 1. a. The process of growing. b. Full development; maturity. 2. Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution. 3. An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion: population growth. 4. Something that grows or has grown: a new growth of grass. 5. Pathology An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on a living organism. 6. A result of growth; a product: concerns that are a growth of the new responsibilities. adj. Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns: a growth stock; a growth fund. |
growth
Noun
1. the process of growing
2. an increase in size, number, or significance: the growth of drug trafficking
3. something grown or growing: a thick growth of ivy
4. any abnormal tissue, such as a tumour
Adjective
of or relating to growth: growth hormone
| growth (grth) An increase in the size of an organism or part of an organism, usually as a result of an increase in the number of cells. Growth of an organism may stop at maturity, as in the case of humans and other mammals, or it may continue throughout life, as in many plants. In humans, certain body parts, like hair and nails, continue to grow throughout life. |
Growth
growth, especially owing to an increase in cell size. Cf. merisis. — auxetic, adj.
Obsolete. Medicine. the science of growth, especially applied to micro-organisms. Also called auxanology.
a hypothetical vital force, thought to control growth and the function of nutrition.
growth or motion in response to a chemical stimulus. — chemotropic, adj.
a cultivator or a person who grows things.
the formation and growth of an embryo. — embryogenic, embryogenetic, adj.
development or growth from within. — endogenicity, n. — endogenous, adj.
the growth of part of an organism in such a way that it overlays or surrounds another. — epibolic, adj.
growth or moveinent of an organism in response to an electric current. — galvanotropic, adj.
the growth of organic tissues. — histogenic, histogenetic, adj.
any form of growth, especially as a product of cell division. Cf. auxesis.
the growth or formation of a neoplasm. — neoplastic, adj.
any abnormal formation or growth of tissue such as a tumor. — neoplastic, adj.
1. the principle or concept of growth and change in nature.
2. nature considered as the source of growth and change.
3. something that grows or develops.
2. nature considered as the source of growth and change.
3. something that grows or develops.
the tendency of some plants to diverge from the vertical in their growth. — plagiotropic, adj.
the passing of an organism through several different forms in the growth process.
orientation or movement of an organism in response to the stimulus of a solid object. Cf. stereotropism. — stereotactic, adj.
growth or movement determined by contact with a solid. Cf. stereotaxis. — stereotropic, adj.
Biology. the study of malformations or abnormal growth in animals or vegetables. — teratologist, n. — teratological, adj.
stereotropism. — thigmotropic, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  growth - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms amelogenesis - the developmental process of forming tooth enamel angiogenesis - the formation of new blood vessels apposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material auxesis - growth from increase in cell size without cell division anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, efflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis - introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) cohesion - (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) cultivation - the process of fostering the growth of something; "the cultivation of bees for honey" cytogenesis, cytogeny - the origin and development and variation of cells fructification - the bearing of fruit gametogenesis - the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis gastrulation - the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells germination, sprouting - the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow habit - the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); "a shrub of spreading habit" infructescence - the fruiting stage of the inflorescence intussusception - (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall juvenescence - the process of growing into a youth life cycle - the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization - the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) morphogenesis - differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) myelinisation, myelinization - the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber neurogenesis - the development of nerve tissues biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms palingenesis, recapitulation - emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species proliferation - growth by the rapid multiplication of parts psychogenesis - a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind psychogenesis - the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors psychomotor development - progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities psychosexual development - (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage rooting - the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow suppression - the failure to develop some part or organ teratogenesis - the development of defects in an embryo vegetation - the process of growth in plants isometry - the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same |
| 2. | growth - a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture" evolution, development - a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer" | |
| 3. | growth - a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" physical process, process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" accession - a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession" accretion, accumulation - an increase by natural growth or addition accretion - (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment accretion - (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles accretion - (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases multiplication - a multiplicative increase; "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth" population growth - increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state proliferation - a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons" pullulation - a rapid and abundant increase relaxation - (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers widening, broadening - an increase in width | |
| 4. | growth - vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" | |
| 5. | growth - the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" rise - a growth in strength or number or importance | |
| 6. | growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism exostosis - a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) peduncle - the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body hamartoma - a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ | |
| 7. | growth - something grown or growing; "a growth of hair" object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" ingrowth - something that grows inward |
growth
noun 1. increase, development, expansion, extension, growing, heightening, proliferation, enlargement, multiplication << OPPOSITE decline
noun 2. progress, success, improvement, expansion, advance, prosperity, advancement << OPPOSITE failure
Translations
growth [grəuθ] n → Wachstum nt;
(what has grown) (of weeds, beard etc) → Wuchs m;
(of person, character) → Entwicklung f;
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