croissance

Definitions of croissance
  1. noun
    the gradual beginning or coming forth
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    types:
    augmentation, hausse
    a growth in strength or number or importance
    type of:
    commencement, début
    the event consisting of the start of something
  2. noun
    the amount by which something increases
    synonyms: augmentation, hausse
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    type of:
    augmentation
    a change resulting in an increase
  3. noun
    a growth in strength or number or importance
    synonyms: augmentation, hausse
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    antonyms:
    chute, déclin
    a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
  4. noun
    a progression from simpler to more complex forms
    synonyms: progrès
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    type of:
    développement, évolution
    a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
  5. noun
    the act of augmenting
    synonyms: augmentation, hausse
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    type of:
    augmentation
    the act of increasing something
  6. 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: développement
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    type of:
    processus biologique, processus organique
    a process occurring in living organisms
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