specific growth rate — a term used in aquaculture to estimate the production of fish after a certain period (weight at harvest weight at stocking)/production period*100 … Dictionary of ichthyology
average annual instantaneous size-specific growth rate — a method for comparing growth rates of fish of equivalent size instead of equivalent age. The average annual instantaneous growth rate (the average of individual log fork length at age n + 1 minus log fork length at age n) is plotted against the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate — The Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is a method currently used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the United States to control spending by Medicare on physician services.[1] Enacted by the Balanced Budget Act of… … Wikipedia
Compound annual growth rate — (CAGR) is a business and investing specific term for the smoothed annualized gain of an investment over a given time period.[1] CAGR is not an accounting term, but remains widely used, particularly in growth industries or to compare the growth… … Wikipedia
growth — /grohth/, n. 1. the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. 2. size or stage of development: It hasn t yet reached its full growth. 3. completed development. 4. development from a simpler to a more complex stage:… … Universalium
Bacterial growth — Growth is shown as L = log(numbers) where numbers is the number of colony forming units per ml, versus T (time.) Bacterial growth is the division of one bacterium into two daughter cells in a process called binary fission. Providing no mutational … Wikipedia
Growth differentiation factor-9 — Growth differentiation factor 9, also known as GDF9, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: GDF9 growth differentiation factor 9| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=2661| accessdate = ] … Wikipedia
Growth hormone treatment — Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands. GH is now produced by recombinant DNA technology, and… … Wikipedia
Rate of fire — is the frequency at which a specific weapon can fire or launch its projectiles. It is usually measured in rounds per minute (RPM or round/min), or per second (RPS or round/s). Contents 1 Overview 2 Measurement 2.1 Cyclic rate … Wikipedia
Growth hormone — HGH redirects here. For other uses, see HGH (disambiguation). Growth hormone 1 Growth hormone Identifiers Symbol GH1 … Wikipedia
