Associations to the word «Increment»

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.

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".