hypergrowth

hypergrowth

English

Alternative forms

  • hyper-growth

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English growth
English hypergrowth

    From hyper- + growth.

    Noun

    hypergrowth (uncountable)

    1. Extremely rapid growth
      • 2007 July 30, Bob Tedeschi, “U.S. Merchants Look to the North in Bid to Rejuvenate Slowing Sales”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        United States-based online merchants are looking for ways to sustain the hypergrowth they experienced in their early years […] .
      • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Pragia:
        The jungle-planet Pragia is overrun by choking hypergrowth caused by industrially-mutated plant species.
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