Growth rate may refer to:
By rate
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Asymptotic analysis
In mathematical analysis, asymptotic analysis, also known as asymptotics, is a method of describing limiting behavior.
As an illustration, suppose that we are interested in the properties of a function as becomes very large. If , then as beco ...
, a branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of growth rates
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Linear growth
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Exponential growth
Exponential growth is a process that increases quantity over time. It occurs when the instantaneous rate of change (that is, the derivative) of a quantity with respect to time is proportional to the quantity itself. Described as a function, a q ...
, a growth rate classification
*Any of a variety of growth rates classified by such things as the
Landau notation
By type of growing medium
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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 value of the goods and services produced by an economy
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Compound annual growth rate or CAGR, a measure of financial growth
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Population growth rate
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 ...
, change in population over time
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Growth rate (group theory), a property of a group in group theory
In biology
*The rate of growth in any biological system, see
Growth Biology.
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