Growth may refer to:
Biology
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Auxology, the study of all aspects of human physical growth
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Bacterial growth
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Cell growth
Cell most often refers to:
* Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life
* Cellphone, a phone connected to a cellular network
* Clandestine cell, a penetration-resistant form of a secret or outlawed organization
* Electrochemical cell, a de ...
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Growth hormone, a peptide hormone that stimulates growth
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Human development (biology)
Development of the human body is the process of growth to maturity. The process begins with fertilization, where an egg released from the ovary of a female is penetrated by a sperm cell from a male. The resulting zygote develops through mito ...
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Plant growth
Important structures in plant development are buds, Shoot (botany), shoots, roots, leaf, leaves, and flowers; plants produce these tissues and structures throughout their life from meristems located at the tips of organs, or between mature tissues. ...
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Secondary growth, growth that thickens woody plants
*A tumor or other such
neoplasm
A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...
Economics
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Economic growth
In economics, economic growth is an increase in the quantity and quality of the economic goods and Service (economics), services that a society Production (economics), produces. It can be measured as the increase in the inflation-adjusted Outp ...
, the increase in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services
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Growth investing
Growth investing is a type of investment strategy focused on capital appreciation. Those who follow this style, known as ''growth investors'', invest in companies that exhibit signs of above-average growth, even if the share price appears expen ...
, a style of investment strategy focused on capital appreciation
Mathematics
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Exponential growth
Exponential growth occurs when a quantity grows as an exponential function of time. The quantity grows at a rate directly proportional to its present size. For example, when it is 3 times as big as it is now, it will be growing 3 times as fast ...
, also called geometric growth
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Hyperbolic growth
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Linear growth, refers to two distinct but related notions
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Logistic growth, characterized as an S curve
Social science
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Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development ...
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Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, as articulated in the second half of the 20th century by Erik Erikson in collaboration with Joan Erikson, is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a h ...
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Human development (humanity)
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Personal development
Personal development or self-improvement consists of activities that develops a person's capabilities and potential, enhance quality of life, and facilitate the realization of dreams and aspirations. Personal development may take place over the ...
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Population growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. The World population, global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.2 billion in 2025. Actual global human population growth amounts to aroun ...
Other uses
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''Growth'' (film), a 2010 American horror film
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Izaugsme
Growth () is a centrist political party in Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the ...
(''Growth''), a Latvian political party
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''Grown'' (album), by 2PM
See also
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Grow (disambiguation)
Grow or GROW may refer to:
* Growth (disambiguation), an increase in some quantity over time or a measure of some principal
* GROW model, a technique for problem solving or goal setting
* Graphical ROMable Object Windows, a windowing system that ...
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Growth curve (disambiguation) Growth curve can refer to:
* Growth curve (statistics), an empirical model of the evolution of a quantity over time.
* Growth curve (biology), a statistical growth curve used to model a biological quantity.
* Curve of growth (astronomy), the relatio ...
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Growth impairment (disambiguation) Growth impairment may refer to:
* Intrauterine growth restriction
* Impaired economic growth
In economics, economic growth is an increase in the quantity and quality of the economic goods and Service (economics), services that a society Produ ...
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Growth industry (disambiguation) Growth industry may refer to:
* Increasing demand, growth of economic demand
* Economics of growth hormone treatment
See also
* MLB Industry Growth Fund
* Industry (disambiguation)
Industry may refer to:
Economics
* Industry (economics)
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Growth model (disambiguation) Growth model can refer to:
* Population dynamics in demography
*Economic growth
In economics, economic growth is an increase in the quantity and quality of the economic goods and Service (economics), services that a society Production (econo ...
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Growth rate (disambiguation)
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Growth regulator (disambiguation)
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