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GROWTH RATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The rate of increase in size per unit time
Synonyms:
growth rate; rate of growth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("growth rate" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "growth rate"):
isometry (the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same)
Context examples:
This species is acid fast, nonmotile, is unable to grow well in glycerol agar, produces pigment and has a slower growth rate than Mycobacterium fortuitum.
(Mycobacterium flavescens, NCI Thesaurus)
So far, the investigators have used the technique to look at cell-to-cell variations in growth rates of phytoplankton; observe viral infections inside phytoplankton cells; trace movements of nutrients from marine bacteria into microbial predators; and identify and quantify microplastic particles in marine plankton samples.
(Cell chemistry illuminated by laser light, National Science Foundation)
Annual population change and population growth rates were derived from Eurostat yearly population data.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
So scientists were surprised to learn that giant kelp maintains its impressive growth rates year-round, even in summer and early fall when ocean currents along the California coast stop delivering nutrients.
(In search of an undersea kelp forest's missing nitrogen, National Science Foundation)
The relationship between growth rate and lifespan is analogous to the relationship between heart rate and lifespan seen in the animal kingdom: animals with quicker heart rates tend to grow faster but have shorter lives on average.
(Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms, University of Cambridge)
Countries like Romania, Poland and Bulgaria experienced massive workforce migration to Western European countries and they are showing negative population growth rates over most of the last decade.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
Even in Germany, a country experiencing negative growth rates over the last six years, the decrease rate slowed down in 2007-2008, from -0.15% to -0.12%.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
Negative growth rates are also occurring in Hungary and Croatia, but the decrease rate slowed down in 2008-2009 compared to 2007-2008.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
Estonia has a negative growth rate but the decrease is slowing down.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
However, 2007-2009 figures show a gradual recovery and the crisis may have helped population growth rates in these countries.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
