growing

growing
noun
1. (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 (Freq. 3)
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he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children

• Syn: ↑growth, ↑maturation, ↑development, ↑ontogeny, ↑ontogenesis
• Ant: ↑nondevelopment (for: ↑development)
• Derivationally related forms:
• Topics: ↑biology, ↑biological science
• Members of this Topic: ↑isometry
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
• Hyponyms:
↑culture, ↑amelogenesis, ↑angiogenesis, ↑apposition, ↑auxesis, ↑blossoming, ↑flowering, ↑florescence, ↑inflorescence, ↑anthesis, ↑efflorescence, ↑cenogenesis, ↑kenogenesis, ↑caenogenesis, ↑cainogenesis, ↑kainogenesis, ↑cohesion, ↑cultivation, ↑cytogenesis, ↑cytogeny, ↑foliation, ↑leafing, ↑fructification, ↑gametogenesis, ↑germination, ↑sprouting, ↑habit, ↑infructescence, ↑intussusception, ↑juvenescence, ↑life cycle, ↑masculinization, ↑masculinisation, ↑virilization, ↑virilisation, ↑morphogenesis, ↑myelinization, ↑myelinisation, ↑neurogenesis, ↑palingenesis, ↑recapitulation, ↑proliferation, ↑psychogenesis, ↑psychomotor development, ↑psychosexual development, ↑rooting, ↑suppression, ↑teething, ↑dentition, ↑odontiasis, ↑teratogenesis, ↑vegetation
• Part Meronyms: ↑gastrulation
2. (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
• Topics: ↑electronics
• Hypernyms: ↑production
• Hyponyms: ↑epitaxy
adjective
relating to or suitable for growth
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the growing season for corn

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good growing weather

• Pertains to noun: ↑growth

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