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increment

Syllabification: (in·cre·ment)

Definition of increment

an increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale:the inmates' pay can escalate in five-cent increments to a maximum of 90 cents an hour
a regular increase in salary on an incremental scale: he had waived his right to the second increment of $18 million so that it could be distributed among 40 employees
Mathematics a small positive or negative change in a variable quantity or function.

[with object] chiefly Computing

Derivatives

late Middle English: from Latin incrementum, from the stem of increscere 'grow' (see increase)

Definition of increment in the British & World English dictionary

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