growth

生[成]长; 发育[展]

栽培, 培养

增加[大], 扩大

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the growth of industry

the growth of population

a story of English growth

growth

生长；发育；成长

Childhood is a period of rapid growth.

增长；增大；发展

the growth of production

种植；栽培

apples of our own growth

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growth

生长, 种植, 栽培, 发育, 等比级数

growth

the process or act of growing, esp in organisms following assimilation of food

an increase in size, number, significance, etc

something grown or growing

a new growth of hair

a stage of development

any abnormal tissue, such as a tumour

of, relating to, causing or characterized by growth

growth hormone

growth

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"

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2. a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"

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3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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4. vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"

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5. the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

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6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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7. something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"

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