RATE OF GROWTH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 ("rate of growth" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rate of growth"):

isometry (the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same)

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