##  [Doubling Time](/index.php/doubling-time) 

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Definition

The time required for a population, cell culture, or biomass to increase to twice its initial quantity under specified and approximately constant growth conditions; for exponential growth, related to the specific growth rate by t_d = ln(2)/μ.