Growth 411397 224569324 2008-07-09T13:36:03Z Husond 1732934 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/58.167.44.196|58.167.44.196]] to last version by AlnoktaBOT (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{Wiktionary|growth}} '''Growth''' refers to an increase in some quantity over time. The quantity can be physical (e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money) or abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature). It can also refer to the mode of growth, i.e. numeric models for describing how much a particular quantity grows over time: * [[Cell growth]] * [[Individual growth]] ** [[Fungus#Reproduction|Fungal growth]] ** [[Auxology]] ([[Human development]]) *** [[Human development (biology)]] **** [[puberty|Growth "spurt"]] (rapid change in puberty) *** [[Human development (psychology)]] * [[Population growth]] ** [[Bacterial growth]] * A [[tumour]] is sometimes be referred to as a '''growth''' * [[Growth hormone]] * [[Economic growth]] * For '''financial growth''' due to '''simple interest''' or '''compound interest''' see [[Interest (finance)|Interest]] * Personal growth, i.e., [[Personal development]] *Mode ** [[Linear function|Linear growth]] ** [[Logistic function|Logistic growth]] ** [[Exponential growth]] {{disambig}} [[ar:نمو]] [[de:Wuchs]] [[fr:Croissance]] [[pl:Wzrost]] [[simple:Growth]] [[sk:Rast]] [[sv:Tillväxt]]