growth rate

n.

Absolute or relative growth increase, expressed in units of time.

Words nearby growth rate

growth hormone, growth hormone releasing factor, growth hormone-producing adenoma, growth hormone-releasing factor, growth line, growth rate, growth ring, growth shares, growth substance, growth-onset diabetes, groyne

Example sentences from the Web for growth rate

  • The optimum temperature is at 34C., after which growth-rate declines and becomes completely arrested at 58C.

    Life Movements in Plants |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

  • The conditions of the experiment would thus become more precise if the growth-rate in the absence of light is taken as the normal.

    Life Movements in Plants |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

  • With the precautions described the growth-rate in vigorous specimens is found to be very uniform.

    Life Movements in Plants |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

  • Under continuous lowering of temperature the growth-rate became slowed down till at 21C.

    Life Movements in Plants |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose