What is the meaning of growth?

noun

• 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. (
  • usage: "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
  • synonyms: growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
• A progression from simpler to more complex forms.
  • usage: "the growth of culture"
• A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important.
  • usage: "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
  • synonyms: increase, increment
• Vegetation that has grown.
  • usage: "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
• The gradual beginning or coming forth.
  • usage: "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
  • synonyms: emergence, outgrowth
• Pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor. ()
• Something grown or growing.
  • usage: "a growth of hair"