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increment
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incrementum, from incr?sc? (whence increase), from in- + cr?sc? (“grow”). Equivalent to increase +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k??mn?t/
Noun
increment (plural increments)
- The action of increasing or becoming greater.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c
- the seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies
- June 9, 1832 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk
- A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c
- (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
- The amount of increase.
- (rhetoric) An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
- (chess) The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
- (grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
Synonyms
- (action of increasing or becoming greater): enlargement, expansion; See also Thesaurus:augmentation
- (amount of increase): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
Antonyms
- (amount of increase): decrement; See also Thesaurus:decrement
Derived terms
- incremence (rare)
- incremental
Related terms
- increase
Translations
Verb
increment (third-person singular simple present increments, present participle incrementing, simple past and past participle incremented)
- (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.
Usage notes
- Used in many technical fields, especially in mathematics and computing.
Antonyms
- decrement
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin incr?mentum.
Noun
increment m (plural increments)
- increment, increase
- Synonym: augment
Derived terms
- incremental
Further reading
- “increment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “increment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “increment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “increment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin incrementum
Noun
increment n (plural incrementuri)
- increment
Declension
increment From the web:
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incrementation
English
Etymology
increment +? -ation
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /???k??m?n?te???n/
Noun
incrementation (countable and uncountable, plural incrementations)
- The act or process of incrementing.
Antonyms
- decrementation
Translations
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- what is postfix incrementation
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