Engelsk substantiv: growth | |||
1. | growth (om prosess) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | biological process, organic process | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | amelogenesis, angiogenesis, anthesis, apposition, auxesis, blossoming, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, culture, cytogenesis, cytogeny, dentition, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, foliation, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, habit, inflorescence, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, leafing, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, odontiasis, palingenesis, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, recapitulation, rooting, sprouting, suppression, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation, virilisation, virilization | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | gastrulation | ||
Overordnet kategori | biological science, biology | ||
Forekomster i samme kategori | isometry | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | nondevelopment | ||
2. | growth (om prosess) a progression from simpler to more complex forms | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The growth of culture. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | development, evolution | ||
3. | growth (om prosess) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The increase in unemployment. The growth of population. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | increase, increment | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | physical process, process | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | accession, accretion, accretion, accretion, accretion, accumulation, broadening, multiplication, population growth, proliferation, pullulation, relaxation, widening | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | decrease, decrement | ||
4. | growth (om gruppe) vegetation that has grown | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A growth of trees. The only growth was some salt grass. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | botany, flora, vegetation | ||
5. | growth (om begivenhet) the gradual beginning or coming forth | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | emergence, outgrowth | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | beginning | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | rise | ||
6. | growth (om tilstand) (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | illness, malady, sickness, unwellness | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | excrescence, exostosis, hamartoma, neoplasm, peduncle, polyp, polypus, tumor, tumour | ||
Overordnet kategori | pathology | ||
7. | growth (om ting) something grown or growing | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A growth of hair. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | object, physical object | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | ingrowth | ||