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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IN'CREMENT, n. [L. incrementum, from incresco. See Increase.]
1. Increase; a growing in bulk, quantity,number, value or amount; augmentation.
2. Produce; production.
3. Matter added; increase.
4. In mathematics, the quantity by which a variable quantity increases; a differential quantity.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" [syn: increase, increment, growth] [ant: decrease, decrement]
2: the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" [syn: increase, increment] [ant: decrease, decrement]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin incrementum, from increscere to increase Date: 15th century 1. the action or process of increasing especially in quantity or value ; enlargement 2. a. something gained or added b. one of a series of regular consecutive additions c. a minute increase in quantity 3. the amount or degree by which something changes; especially the amount of positive or negative change in the value of one or more of a set of variables

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a an increase or addition, esp. one of a series on a fixed scale. b the amount of this. 2 Math. a small amount by which a variable quantity increases. Derivatives: incremental adj. Etymology: ME f. L incrementum f. increscere INCREASE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Increment In"cre*ment, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F. incr['e]ment. See Increase.] 1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. The seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies. --Woodward. A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself. --Coleridge. 2. Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement. ``Large increment.'' --J. Philips. 3. (Math.) 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. 4. (Rhet.) 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. --Phil. iv. 8. Infinitesimal increment (Math.), an infinitesimally small variation considered in Differential Calculus. See Calculus. Method of increments (Math.), a calculus founded on the properties of the successive values of variable quantities and their differences or increments. It differs from the method of fluxions in treating these differences as finite, instead of infinitely small, and is equivalent to the calculus of finite differences.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(increments) 1. An increment in something or in the value of something is an amount by which it increases. (FORMAL) The average yearly increment in labour productivity in industry was 4.5 per cent... N-COUNT: oft N in/of n 2. An increment is an amount by which your salary automatically increases after a fixed period of time. (FORMAL) Many teachers qualify for an annual increment. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Augmentation, addition, increase, enlargement.

Moby Thesaurus

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