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in·cre·ment

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–noun

1.	something added or gained; addition; increase.

2.	profit; gain.

3.	the act or process of increasing; growth.

4.	an amount by which something increases or grows: a weekly increment of $25 in salary.

5.	one of a series of regular additions: You may make deposits in increments of $500.

Mathematics.

a.	the difference between two values of a variable; a change, positive, negative, or zero, in an independent variable.

b.	the increase of a function due to an increase in the independent variable.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L incrémentum an increase, equiv. to incré(scere) to grow (see increase) + -mentum -ment

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in·cre·men·tal

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in·cre·men·tal·ly, adverb

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in·cre·ment Audio Help (ĭn'krə-mənt, ĭng'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.
Something added or gained: a force swelled by increments from allied armies.
A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation.
One of a series of regular additions or contributions: accumulating a fund by increments.
Mathematics A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable.

[Middle English, from Latin incrēmentum, from incrēscere, to increase; see increase.]

in'cre·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj., in'cre·men'tal·ly adv.

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increment

c.1425, "act or process of increasing," from L. incrementum "growth, increase," from stem of increscere "to grow in or upon" (see increase). Meaning "amount of increase" first attested 1631.

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increment
noun
1.	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" [syn: increase] [ant: decrease]
2.	the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" [syn: increase] [ant: decrease]

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increment [ˈiŋkrəmənt] noun

an increase especially in salary

Arabic:	عِلاوَه، زيادَه في الرّاتِب
Chinese (Simplified):	增额
Chinese (Traditional):	(薪水)增加
Czech:	zvýšení
Danish:	stigning
Dutch:	periodieke verhoging
Estonian:	kasv, kasu
Finnish:	nousu
French:	augmentation
German:	der Zuwachs (die Lohnerhöhung)
Greek:	(προσ)αύξηση (συν. μισθού)
Hungarian:	növekedés
Icelandic:	(launa)hækkun
Indonesian:	peningkatan
Italian:	incremento

Japanese:	増額
Korean:	증가, 증대
Latvian:	pieaugums
Lithuanian:	padidėjimas, priedas
Norwegian:	lønnstillegg, *-pålegg
Polish:	podwyżka
Portuguese (Brazil):	aumento
Portuguese (Portugal):	incremento
Romanian:	creştere
Russian:	надбавка к зарплате
Slovak:	zvýšenie
Slovenian:	povišek
Spanish:	aumento
Swedish:	tillväxt, ökning, påslag
Turkish:	artış, artma

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Increment

Ac`cre*men*ti"tion\, n. [See Accresce, Increment.] (Physiol.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

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