growth

• "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"

Synonyms

• growingrelating to or suitable for growth; (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
• maturationcoming to full development; (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
• developmentact of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; a state in which things are improving; processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
• ontogeny(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
• ontogenesis(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically

• "the growth of culture"

• "the increase in unemployment"
• "the growth of population"

Synonyms

• increasebecome bigger or greater in amount; make bigger or more; a quantity that is added; a change resulting in an increase; a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; the amount by which something increases; the act of increasing something
• incrementa process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; the amount by which something increases

• "a growth of trees"
• "the only growth was some salt grass"

• "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

Synonyms

• emergencethe gradual beginning or coming forth; the becoming visible; the act of emerging ; the act of coming (or going) out
• outgrowtha natural consequence of development ; the gradual beginning or coming forth; a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

• "a growth of hair"