growth rate

/groʊθ reɪt/
/grəʊθ reɪt/
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Other forms: growth rates

Definitions of growth rate
  1. noun
    the rate of increase in size per unit time
    synonyms: rate of growth
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    types:
    isometry
    the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
    type of:
    rate
    a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
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