increment

noun

The action of increasing or becoming greater.

The amount of increase.

(chess) The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.

(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

(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."

verb

(intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

Roots

crescocre- · Latin · grow

Synonyms for increment

increasen growthn augmentationn accrualn uppingv boostv enlargementn multiplicationn expansionn additamentn

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Where does increment come from?

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