Associations to the word «Increment»

Wiktionary

INCREMENT, noun. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
INCREMENT, noun. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
INCREMENT, noun. The amount of increase.
INCREMENT, noun. (rhetoric) 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."
INCREMENT, verb. (intransitive) (transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

Dictionary definition

INCREMENT, noun. A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population".
INCREMENT, noun. The amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.