rank order | an arrangement according to rank |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
rank-order correlation coefficient rank-order correlation rank-difference correlation coefficient rank-difference correlation | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables |
Kendall partial rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of partial correlation |
tau coefficient of correlation Kendall's tau Kendall rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings |
insignia of rank | an insignia worn on a military uniform |
emergence outgrowth growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth, figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece |
rapid climb rapid growth zoom | a rapid rise |
growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
rank and file rank | the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army), the strike was supported by the union rank and file, he rose from the ranks to become a colonel |
membership rank | the body of members of an organization or group, they polled their membership, they found dissension in their own ranks, he joined the ranks of the unemployed |
rank and file | people who constitute the main body of any group |
rank | a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another, the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen |
growth | vegetation that has grown, a growth of trees, the only growth was some salt grass |
cabstand taxistand taxi rank | a place where taxis park while awaiting customers, in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank' |
growth | something grown or growing, a growth of hair |
annual ring growth ring | an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
second growth | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting |
growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to |
economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (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, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
growth | a progression from simpler to more complex forms, the growth of culture |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
social station social status social rank rank | position in a social hierarchy, the British are more aware of social status than Americans are |
seniority senior status higher status higher rank | higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service |
inferiority lower status lower rank | the state of being inferior |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
rank | relative status, his salary was determined by his rank and seniority |
military rank military rating paygrade rating | rank in a military organization |
flag rank | the rank of a flag officer |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
phytohormone plant hormone growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
growth hormoneeleasing factor GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
growth rate rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |
rate rank range order grade place | assign a rank or rating to, how would you rank these students?, The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide |
rank d | take or have a position relative to others, This painting ranks among the best in the Western World |
rank outrank | take precedence or surpass others in rank |
rank | growing profusely, rank jungle vegetation |
absolute downright out-and-out(a) rank(a) right-down sheer(a) | complete and without restriction or qualification, sometimes used informally as intensifiers, absolute freedom, an absolute dimwit, a downright lie, out-and-out mayhem, an out-and-out lie, a rank outsider, many right-down vices, got the job through sheer persistence, sheer stupidity |
crying(a) egregious flagrant glaring gross rank | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible, a crying shame, an egregious lie, flagrant violation of human rights, a glaring error, gross ineptitude, gross injustice, rank treachery |
rank | very fertile, producing profuse growth, rank earth |
rank-smelling | having an offensive rancid odor |
rank | very offensive in smell or taste, a rank cigar |