increment
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin incrementum.
Noun [edit]
increment (plural increments)
- The action of increasing or becoming greater.
- (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
- The amount of increase.
Derived terms [edit]
- incremence (rare)
- incremental
Translations [edit]
The action of increasing or becoming greater
The waxing of the moon
The amount of increase
Verb [edit]
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.
- 1890, H. E. J. G. Du Bois, “On Magnetic Circuits”, Philosophical magazine, 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.
- 1890, H. E. J. G. Du Bois, “On Magnetic Circuits”, Philosophical magazine, page 346:
Usage notes [edit]
- Used in many technical fields, especially in mathematics and computing.
- Not included in general dictionaries (as of 2009).
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
To increase in steps
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