Growth

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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)
• 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.

Contents 1 Biology 2 Social Science 3 Economy 4 Numerical Models

Biology

• Cell growth
• A tumour is sometimes referred to as a "growth"
• Bacterial growth
• Fungal growth
• Human development (biology)
• Growth hormone
• Growth "spurt" (rapid change in puberty)
• Auxology (Human development)

Social Science

• Human development (humanity)
• Human development (psychology)
• Personal development ("Personal growth")
• Individual growth
• Population growth

Economy

• Economic growth
• For financial growth due to simple interest or compound interest see Interest
• Growth investing

Numerical Models

• Linear growth
• Logistic growth
• Exponential growth
• Hyperbolic growth

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