crecimiento

Definitions of crecimiento
  1. noun
    the act of increasing something
    synonyms: aumento, incremento
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    merma
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
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    avance
    increase in price or value
    subida
    a sudden or abrupt strong increase
    ampliación, expansión
    the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
    agravación, escalada, generalización, intensificación, subida
    an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
    maximización
    the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position
    inclusión
    the act of including
    engrandecimiento
    the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
    fortalecimiento, refuerzo
    the act of increasing the strength of something
    intensificación
    action that makes something stronger or more extreme
    fluoración, fluorización
    the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay)
    dilatación
    the act of expanding an aperture
    distensión
    the act of expanding by pressure from within
    hinchamiento
    the act of filling something with air
    ampliación, aumento
    the act of expanding something in apparent size
    extensión
    act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
    amplificación
    addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
    acumulación, bombo, concentración, desarrollo, publicidad
    the act of building up an accumulation
    exacerbación
    action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
    concentración
    strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
  2. noun
    a change resulting in an increase
    synonyms: aumento, incremento
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    amaine, atenuación, disminución, menoscabo, rebaja, reducción
    a change downward
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    brinco, salto
    a sudden and decisive increase
    concreción, concreto
    an increase in the density of something
    enrarecimiento, rarefacción
    a decrease in the density of something
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    cambio, modificación
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  3. 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
    synonyms: cultivo, desarrollo, ontogénesis, vegetación
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    cierne, eclosión, florecimiento
    the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
    foliación
    (botany) the process of forming leaves
    germinación
    the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
    proliferación
    growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
    arraigo
    the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
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    proceso biológico
    a process occurring in living organisms
  4. noun
    a progression from simpler to more complex forms
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    desarrollo, evolución
    a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
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