outgrowth

outgrowth
noun Date: 1837 1. a process or product of growing out <
an outgrowth of hair
>
2. consequence, by-product <
crime is often an outgrowth of poverty
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Outgrowth — Out growth , n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outgrowth — I noun aftereffect, aftermath, development, effect, end result, eventuality, eventuation, excrescence, fruit, issue, offshoot, offspring, repercussion, result, resultance, resultant, sequel, sprout, yield II index amount (result), boom… …   Law dictionary

  • outgrowth — ► NOUN 1) something that grows out of something else. 2) a natural development or result …   English terms dictionary

  • outgrowth — [out′grōth΄] n. 1. the act of growing out 2. a result; consequence; development 3. that which grows out; offshoot …   English World dictionary

  • outgrowth — out·growth au̇t .grōth n 1) the process of growing out <in vitro, dopamine modifies axonal and dendritic outgrowth (Linda C. Mayes)> 2) something that grows directly out of something else <an outgrowth of hair> <a bony… …   Medical dictionary

  • outgrowth — UK [ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ] / US [ˈaʊtˌɡroʊθ] noun [countable] Word forms outgrowth : singular outgrowth plural outgrowths something that develops from something else The Internet itself is an outgrowth of a computer network in the US Defense Department …   English dictionary

  • outgrowth — n. a direct outgrowth * * * [ aʊtgrəʊθ] a direct outgrowth …   Combinatory dictionary

  • outgrowth — out|growth [ˈautgrəuθ US grouθ] n 1.) something that develops from something else, as a natural result of it outgrowth of ▪ Crime is often an outgrowth of poverty. 2.) technical something that grows out of something else …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • outgrowth — [[t]a͟ʊtgroʊθ[/t]] outgrowths N COUNT: usu N of n Something that is an outgrowth of another thing has developed naturally as a result of it. Her first book is an outgrowth of an art project she began in 1988. Syn: consequence …   English dictionary

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