increment meaning

Noun: increment  inkrumunt

1. A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
   - increase, growth 
2. The amount by which something increases
   - increase

Derived forms: increments

See also: incremental

Type of: amount, physical process, process

Antonym: decrement

Encyclopedia: Increment

[Business]
noun [C]

1 (HR )

a regular increase in the amount of money that sb is paid for their job:

The pay system contains automatic annual increments in the early years.

2

an increase in a number or an amount, especially one in a series:

The bids rose in increments of $1 000.

Customers can pay in small increments.

[Electronics]
1. The difference between two successive values of a variable.
2. A small change in a quantity, such as mass, distance, or time.
3. A quantity to be added to another quantity.
4. The difference in value between adjacent hash marks on a meter scale.

Increment = 0.5 V


increment, 4
incremental computer A computer that operates on changes in variables. Example: differential analyzer.

[Medicine]
n
1
a : something gained or added ‹the most common form of leukocytosis is that in which the increment is in the neutrophilic leukocytes —W. A. D. Anderson›
b : one of a series of regular consecutive additions (as of growth or spread of disease)
2 : the amount or degree by which something changes; esp : the amount of positive or negative change in the value of one or more of a set of variables — in·cre·men·tal adj — in·cre·men·tal·ly adv

Examples

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1. this is the prime ratio of the nascent increments.
2. the rankine scale has scale increments equal to the fahrenheit scale.
3. these increments were mixed and looked into the 5. 56 mm cartridge case.
4. this fascination has increased with every increment in our knowledge of them.
5. to each increment of load they respond with a definite change of stress and deformation.