#increment__increase__growth  a process of becoming larger or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
  exclusion:  #decrease
  supertype:  #process__proces  a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
  subtype:  #accretion.increment__accumulation  an increase by natural growth or addition
     subtype:  #deposition.accretion  the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
        subtype:  #electrodeposition  the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis)
        subtype:  #redeposition  deposition from one deposit to another
  subtype:  #multiplication  the process of multiplying; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
     subtype:  #doubling  increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all"
     subtype:  #quadrupling  increase by a factor of four
     subtype:  #quintupling  increasing by a factor of five
     subtype:  #tripling  increase by a factor of three
  subtype:  #population_growth  increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state
  subtype:  #pullulation  rapid increase
  subtype:  #widening.increment__broadening  an increase in width

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