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

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★ Fungal growth

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★ Auxology (Human development)

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★ Human development (biology)

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★ Growth "spurt" (rapid change in puberty)

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★ Human development (psychology)

★ Population growth

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★ Bacterial growth

★ Tumours can sometimes be referred to as a 'growth'

★ Growth hormone

★ Economic growth

★ For 'financial growth' due to 'simple interest' or 'compound interest' see Interest

★ Personal growth, i.e., Personal development

★ Mode

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★ Linear growth

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★ Logistic growth

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★ Exponential growth