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Meaning of 'increment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Increment [ n.]
- The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.
- Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.
- 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.
- An amplification without strict climax,

Meaning of 'increment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . increment [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
Example in sentence:
  • the growth of population;
  • the increase in unemployment
Meaning (2):
- the amount by which something increases
Example in sentence:
  • they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare

Nearby Words:

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