increment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin incrementum.

[edit] Noun

increment (plural increments)

1. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
2. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
3. The amount of increase.

[edit] Derived terms

• incremence (rare)
• incremental

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[edit] Verb

to increment (third-person singular simple present increments, present participle incrementing, simple past and past participle incremented)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.
   • 1890, H. E. J. G. Du Bois, “On Magnetic Circuits”,, page 346: 

     ... any given value just before observing, the actual pressures must as frequently be incremented as decremented, both in the "on" and the "off" series.

   • 2007 Jan 23, “Busiest two weeks for recruiters”, Recruiter Magazine:

     public sector professional services recruitment, has seen a strong seasonal upturn which has incremented year on year since 2002 by an average of 12%.

   • 1984, Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike, The UNIX programming environment, page 124:

     The first for loop looks at each word in the input line, incrementing the element of array num subscripted by the word.

[edit] Usage notes

• Used in many technical fields, especially in mathematics and computing.
• Not included in general dictionaries (as of 2009).

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