Increment

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The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent. noun

Something added or gained. noun

A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation. noun

One of a series of regular additions or contributions. noun

A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable. noun

In forestry, the volume or value of wood produced during a given period by the growth of a tree or of a stand. See accretion, 5. noun

A uniform variation; a regular increase. noun

The act or process of increasing; a growing or swelling in bulk, quantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation. noun

Something added; an increase or augmentation; specifically, in mathematics, the excess (positive or negative) of the value which a function would have if its independent variable were increased by any amount, especially by unity, over the value which it has for any particular value of the variable; the difference of a function; also, an arbitrary supposed increase of an independent variable. noun

In rhetoric, a species of amplification which consists in magnifying the importance of a subject (person or thing) by stating or implying that it has no superior, or that the greatest of all others is inferior to it: as, Thou hast slain thy mother. What more can I say? Thou hast slain thy mother. noun

In Latin grammar, a syllable in another form of a word additional to the number of syllables in the nominative singular of a noun, adjective, etc., or the second person singular of the present indicative active of a verb. noun

In heraldry, the state of the moon when crescent: as, the moon in her increment. noun

The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. noun

Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement. noun

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. noun

An amplification without strict climax noun

An infinitesimally small variation considered in Differential Calculus. See Calculus. noun

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. noun

The action of increasing or becoming greater. noun

The waxing of the moon. noun

The action of increasing or becoming greater.

The waxing of the moon.

The amount of increase.

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."

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.

The slippery slope that often causes generally principled people to slide into unethical behavior. Urban Dictionary

The philosphy of acheiving great things in a series of many small steps. Urban Dictionary

The term for "increment" after 6 months of consecutively getting crunk 3-4 days out of the week. Incrementation is the product of learning more complex words while losing your brain's natural ability to pronounce them do to alcohol and drugs. It is synonymous with signification, examinaplicability, groundification, multiplicability-ness, and using words like atbrosphere and ill nanas in an environmental science research paper. Urban Dictionary

The belief or mindset that anything can be accomplished if you tackle it one small step at a time. The frame of mind that is the opposite of "all or nothing" thinking. Phrases a person with a positive incrementality might use include "baby steps", "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time", and "start small and build." "Slow and steady wins the race" is the motto of the person who possesses incrementality. This is the tortoise, not the hare. Urban Dictionary

There is a secret paramilitary unit called "The Increment" which performs covert operations on behalf of HM Government, claiming that operators are selected from the "cream of the crop" of the SAS and SBS, and work on Security Service and Secret Intelligence Service supervised missions. The same unit is known as Counter Revolutionary Warfare unit (CRW) in the SAS. Urban Dictionary

Slowly taking it up the ass over a period of time so that you do not feel the effects of an invasion of your personal liberty or of that of your distinct social group. Urban Dictionary

Incremental games (also known as idle games, clicker games, or clicking games) are video games whose gameplay consists of the player performing simple actions such as clicking on the screen repeatedly ("grinding") to earn currency. idlers and dungeons on android is one of the most famous example. Urban Dictionary

Implementing systems that may only show results later for long term benefit, specifically regarding climate change and equity. For example, eliminating single-use plastic in stores and instead having to bring your own containers would go against the easy short-term-gratification way of doing things, however, it would benefit the society and the individual in the long run. Another example is implementing solar panels in more places - short term it would cost more but in the long run it would be cheaper and better for the environment. Urban Dictionary

A step by step reduction in the psychological condition of an individual or group. Urban Dictionary

An individual who is depicted as lazy or sleepy Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to increment:
increment, inclement, inurement, decrement, excrement, incitement, increments, inurnment, recrement, induement, sacrement, increscent, concrement, incagement, incasement, pincement, ignorement, incremento.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word increment:
decrement, tif, operand, borer, increments, infinitesimal, financing, platelet, lemma, tensor, soyuz, thermodynamic, counter, iteration, blitz, attacker, digit, bids, astronaut, integer, strain, differential, redevelopment, threshold, derivative, parameter, binary, variable, value, securities, equation, velocity, proportional, formula, calculated, zero, bits, sample, loop, capability, vector, increases, auction, yield, operator, rotation, load, stress, error, move, applies, step, sum, tax, instructions, revenues, finance, cycle, frequency, clock, capabilities, add, measured, variables, linear, corresponding, absolute, cent, generated, zone, revenue, angle, quoted, bid, count, function, constant, continuous, seed, seconds, output, volume, temperature, ratio, infrastructure, improvements, random, minimum, input, statements, energy, columns, increase, chess, shift, values, address, improvement, equivalent, correct.

Adjectives that are often used to describe increment:
unearned, annual, small, additional, total, next, average, mean, net, last, significant, smallest, current, further, constant, marginal, corresponding, final, maximum, positive, smaller, refractive, greater, yearly, daily, initial, larger, equal, minimum, greatest, normal, substantial, slight, largest, plastic, relative, successive, dielectric, negative, actual, absolute, added, critical, infinitesimal, future, extra, angular, gradual, radial, modest, year, finite, monthly, vertical, sudden, progressive, periodic, steady, rapid, induced, gross, stress, variable, fixed, nearest, maximal, linear.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective increment:
counter, operator, financing, threshold, value, count, thresholds, method, decrement, number, tax, pointer, cost, register, duty, index, detection, mode, costs, cores, field, instruction, operators, address, taxes, borings, column, fields, contents, borer, box, rule, option, angle, button, values, function, vector, property, memory, dyadic, sensitivity, curves, columns, procedure, size, funds, pair, modes, model, error, curve, ratio, accumulator, operation, length, due, program, snap, operations, total, increase, feature, setting, borers, solution, location, bonds, plan, ratios, supply, sequence, key, districts, scale.

Words that sound like increment:
increment, incriminate, increments, increasement, incremate, encouragement, inclement, increscent, incumbent, encroachment, enrolment, engravement, decrement, engrossment, accruement, in agreement, accrument, incurrent, sacrament, sacrement, agrement, enrichment, incremental, incriminates, instrument, agreement, internment, interment, incumbant, in common, incasement, encroachments, immurement, incoming, encouragements, environment, enjoyment, intimate, ingredient, imminent, enviroment, uncommon, endearment, excrement, informant, immanent, entrapment, enrollment, incursion, enlargement, liniment, encasement, enragement, enthrallment, inerrant, lineament, incursions, indorsement, linament, incumbents, incrust, incommode, enthronement, amercement, entrappment, in the mind, inconscient, enthralment, enrolments, erumpent, increate, bickerment, incretion.