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., in'cre·men·tal'i·ty (-tāl'ĭ-tē) n.
(ĭn'krə-mənt, ĭng'-) 