Growth may refer to: Biology Auxology, the study of all aspects of human physical growth Bacterial growth Cell growth Growth hormone, a peptide hormone that stimulates growth Human development (biology) Plant growth Secondary growth, growth that thickens woody plants A tumor or other such neoplasmEconomics Economic growth, the increase in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services Growth investing, a style of investment strategy focused on capital appreciationMathematics Exponential growth, also called geometric growth Hyperbolic growth Linear growth, refers to two distinct but related notions Logistic growth, characterized as an S curveSocial science Developmental psychology Erikson's stages of psychosocial development Human development (humanity) Personal development Population growth...