Increase
Of process. May also be referred to as growth and increment.
A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population".
This concept's ID is @1~67650
Contains
- multiplication
A multiplicative increase; "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors";...
- accumulation
An increase by natural growth or addition.
- population growth
Increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state.
- relaxation
(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers.
- pullulation
A rapid and abundant increase.
- broadening
An increase in width.
- accretion
(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles.
- accession
A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection...
- accretion
(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment.
- accretion
(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together...
- proliferation
A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons);...