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{{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]]
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