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the gradual beginning or coming forth
e.g. figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
Synonym: emergence outgrowth
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vegetation that has grown
e.g. a growth of trees
e.g. the only growth was some salt grass
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something grown or growing
e.g. a growth of hair
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(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
e.g. he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Synonym: growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis
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a progression from simpler to more complex forms
e.g. the growth of culture
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a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
e.g. the increase in unemployment
e.g. the growth of population
Synonym: increase increment
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(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
英语释义
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n. (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
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n. a progression from simpler to more complex forms
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n. vegetation that has grown
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n. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)