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increment

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in⋅cre⋅ment

  [in-kruh-muhnt, ing-]
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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.
6. 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 incrēmentum an increase, equiv. to incrē(scere) to grow (see increase ) + -mentum -ment

Related forms:
in⋅cre⋅men⋅tal  [in-kruh-men-tl, ing-] , adjective
in⋅cre⋅men⋅tal⋅ly, adverb
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in·cre·ment   (ĭn'krə-mənt, ĭng'-)   
n.  

  1. The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.

  2. Something added or gained: a force swelled by increments from allied armies.

  3. A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation.

  4. One of a series of regular additions or contributions: accumulating a fund by increments.

  5. 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., in'cre·men·tal'i·ty (-tāl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·cre·ment
Pronunciation: 'i[ng]-kr&-m&nt, 'in-
Function: noun
1 a : something gained or added increment is in the neutrophilic leukocytes —W. A. D. Anderson> b : one of a series of regular consecutive additions (as ofgrowth or spread of disease)
2 : the amount or degree by which something changes; especially : the amount of positive or negative change in the value of one or moreof a set of variables —in·cre·men·tal /"i[ng]-kr&-'ment-&l, "in-/ adjective —in·cre·men·tal·ly /-&l-E/ adverb
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Medical Dictionary

increment in·cre·ment (ĭn'krə-mənt, ĭng'-)
n.

  1. The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.

  2. Something added or gained.

  3. A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable.

in'cre·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj.

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