1. (noun) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(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
Synonyms: development, emergence, ripening, maturation, suppuration, increase, ontogenesis, maturement, growth, evolution, developing, outgrowth, ontogeny, increment, exploitation, growing, festering
2. (adj) growing
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
Synonyms: ontogeny, maturation, ontogenesis, growth, development
3. (adj) growing
relating to or suitable for growth
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