"linear growth" meaning in Anglais

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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de linear et de growth."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linear growths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "exponential growth"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 131",
          "text": "This is referred to as linear growth because the number of recursive calls is directly proportional to the value of the argument provided when the function is first called."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Croissance linéaire."
      ],
      "id": "fr-linear_growth-en-noun-n772cxEY"
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  "word": "linear growth"
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de linear et de growth."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linear growths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "exponential growth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 131",
          "text": "This is referred to as linear growth because the number of recursive calls is directly proportional to the value of the argument provided when the function is first called."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Croissance linéaire."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "linear growth"
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