increment

Etymology
From, , from , from (whence ), from  +. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The action of increasing or becoming greater.
 * 2) * 1835, (d. 1834), Specimens of the Table Talk
 * A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.
 * 1) The amount of increase.
 * 2)  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."
 * 3)  The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
 * 4)  A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
 * 1)  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."
 * 2)  The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
 * 3)  A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:augmentation
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Antonyms

 * ; See also Thesaurus:decrement

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, suba,
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: breisíocht, incrimint
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian: inkrementere
 * Scottish Gaelic: ioncramaid
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, , ,


 * Bulgarian:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: breisíocht, incrimint, breis
 * Japanese: 増分, 増加分, 増加量
 * Swedish:, inkrement
 * Tagalog: dugang
 * West Frisian: tanimming

Verb

 * 1)  To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

Usage notes

 * Used in many technical fields, especially in mathematics and computing.

Translations

 * Esperanto: alkrementi
 * French:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:

Etymology
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Noun

 * , increase

Etymology
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