growth

n. development, process of growing; abnormal growth of a mass of tissue, tumor

Growth refers to an increase in some quantity over time. The quantity can be physical (e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money) or abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature). It can also refer to the mode of growth, i.e. numeric models for describing how much a particular quantity grows over time: Cell growthIndividual growthFungal growthAuxology (Human development)Human development (biology)Growth "spurt" (rapid change in puberty) Human development (psychology)Population growthBacterial growthTumours can sometimes be referred to as a growth Growth hormoneEconomic growth For financial growth due to simple interest or compound interest see Interest Personal growth, i.e., Personal developmentModeLinear growthLogistic growthExponential growth
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Growth 1. a normal process of increase in size of an organism as a result of accretion of tissue similar to that originally present. 2. [more]Growth - Community and Resources

Noun
1. (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"
(synonym) growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(hyponym) culture
(part-meronym) gastrulation
(derivation) grow
(classification) biology, biological science
(class) isometry
2. a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"
(hypernym) development, evolution
(derivation) mature, maturate, grow
3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
(synonym) increase, increment
(hypernym) process
(hyponym) accession
(derivation) grow
4. vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
(hypernym) vegetation, flora
(derivation) grow, raise, farm, produce
5. the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
(synonym) emergence, outgrowth
(hypernym) beginning
(hyponym) rise
(derivation) originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
(hypernym) illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
(hyponym) excrescence
(classification) pathology
7. something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) ingrowth

(n.)
The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.
  

(n.)
That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.