growth rate
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The amount of growth in a quantity per unit of time.
Example Sentences
- "A global population growth rate of a constant 100 million people per year means an aging population."
- "The growth rate is defined as the change in the dependent variable, Y, for a time period divided by the Y value at the beginning of the period."
- "A constant growth rate produces exponential growth."
Inflected Forms
growth rates (plural)