Increment
['ɪŋkrɪm(ə)nt] or ['ɪŋkrəmənt]
Definition
(n.) The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.
(n.) Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.
(n.) The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased.
(n.) An amplification without strict climax,
Typist: Portia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Increase, augmentation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See AUGMENTATION]
Typist: Marvin
Definition
n. act of increasing or becoming greater: growth: that by which anything is increased: (math.) the finite increase of a variable quantity: (rhet.) an adding of particulars without climax (see 2 Peter i. 5-7): (gram.) a syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second pers. sing. present indicative.—adj. Increment′al.—Unearned increment any exceptional increase in the value of land houses &c. not due to the owner's labour or outlay.
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Examples
- Indeed, the period seems a grand climax of discovery, rather than an increment of growth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There is a genuine increment of experience; not another item mechanically added on, but enrichment by a new quality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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