growth

Definition

• n. (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
• n. a progression from simpler to more complex forms
• n. vegetation that has grown
• n. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

Word forms

Plural

growths

Example sentences

1. n.

   The growth of the plants in the garden has been impressive this year.

2. n.

   In mathematics, the concept of growth can be represented by a geometric series.