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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Incremental

In`cre*men"tal\, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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