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Webster 1913 Edition

Increment

In′cre-ment

,
Noun.
[L.
incrementum
: cf. F.
incrément
. See
Increase
.]
1.
The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.
The seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and
increment
of animal and vegetable bodies.
Woodward.
A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its
increment
by nations more civilized than itself.
Coleridge.
2.
Matter added; increase; produce; production; – opposed to
decrement
.
“Large increment.”
J. Philips.
3.
(Math.)
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.
4.
(Rhet.)
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.
Phil. iv. 8.
Infinitesimal increment
(Math.)
,
an infinitesimally small variation considered in Differential Calculus. See
Calculus
.
–
Method of increments
(Math.)
,
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Increment

IN'CREMENT

,
Noun.
[L. incrementum, from incresco. See Increase.]
1.
Increase; a growing in bulk, quantity,number, value or amount; augmentation.
2.
Produce; production.
3.
Matter added; increase.
4.
In mathematics, the quantity by which a variable quantity increases; a differential quantity.

Definition 2024

increment

increment

See also: incrément

English

Noun

increment ‎(plural increments)

  1. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
    • Woodward
      the seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies
    • Coleridge
      A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.
  2. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
  3. The amount of increase.
  4. (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."

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

increment ‎(third-person singular simple present increments, present participle incrementing, simple past and past participle incremented)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.
    • 1890, H. E. J. G. Du Bois, “On Magnetic Circuits”, in Philosophical magazine‎, page 346:
      ... any given value just before observing, the actual pressures must as frequently be incremented as decremented, both in the "on" and the "off" series.
    • 2007 January 23, “Busiest two weeks for recruiters”, in Recruiter Magazine:
      public sector professional services recruitment, has seen a strong seasonal upturn which has incremented year on year since 2002 by an average of 12%.
    • 1984, Brian W. Kernighan; Rob Pike, The UNIX programming environment, page 124:
      The first for loop looks at each word in the input line, incrementing the element of array num subscripted by the word.

Usage notes

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

Antonyms

Translations

Catalan

Noun

increment m ‎(plural increments)

  1. increment

Etymology

From Latin incrementum.

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