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 growth refers to an increase in the total mass of a cell, including both cytoplasmic, nuclear and organelle volume. Cell growth occurs when the overall rate of cellular biosynthesis (production of biomolecules or anabolism) is greater than ...
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Growth hormone, a peptide hormone that stimulates growth
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Human development (biology)
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Plant growth
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Secondary growth, growth that thickens woody plants
Economics
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Economic growth
Economic growth can be defined as the increase or improvement in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services produced by an economy in a financial year. Statisticians conventionally measure such growth as the percent rate of ...
, the increase in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services
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Growth investing, a style of investment strategy focused on capital appreciation
Mathematics
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Exponential growth, 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
A logistic function or logistic curve is a common S-shaped curve (sigmoid curve) with equation
f(x) = \frac,
where
For values of x in the domain of real numbers from -\infty to +\infty, the S-curve shown on the right is obtained, with the ...
, characterized as an S curve
Social science
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Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology is the science, 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 deve ...
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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 health ...
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Human development (humanity)
Human development involves studies of the human condition with its core being the capability approach. The inequality adjusted Human Development Index is used as a way of measuring actual progress in human development by the United Nations. It is ...
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Personal development
Personal development or self improvement consists of activities that develop a person's capabilities and potential, build human capital, facilitate employability, and enhance quality of life and the realization of dreams and aspirations. Persona ...
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Population growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
Other uses
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''Growth'' (film), a 2010 American horror film
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Izaugsme (''Growth''), a Latvian political party
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''Grown'' (album), by 2PM
See also
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Grow (disambiguation)
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Growth curve (disambiguation)
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Growth impairment (disambiguation)
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Growth industry (disambiguation)
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Growth model (disambiguation)
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Growth rate (disambiguation) Growth rate may refer to:
By rate
*Asymptotic analysis, a branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of growth rates
* Linear growth
*Exponential growth, a growth rate classification
*Any of a variety of growth rates classified by such thing ...
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Growth regulator (disambiguation) Growth regulator may refer to:
* Growth hormone, stimulates growth in humans and other animals
* Insect growth regulator, used as insecticides
* Plant hormone
Plant hormone (or phytohormones) are signal molecules, produced within plants, that o ...
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