Routledge Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition
geometric progression (C6)
A series of numbers which increases by a constant, or common, ratio, e.g. 2, 4, 8, 16, where 2 is the common ratio. MALTHUS asserted that population grows according to this progression.
See also: arithmetic progression
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