INCREMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does increment mean? 

• INCREMENT (noun)
  The noun INCREMENT has 2 senses:

1. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

2. the amount by which something increases

  Familiarity information: INCREMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCREMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

growth; increase; increment

Context example:

the growth of population

Hypernyms ("increment" is a kind of...):

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "increment"):

broadening; widening (an increase in width)

relaxation ((physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers)

pullulation (a rapid and abundant increase)

proliferation (a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons))

population growth (increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state)

multiplication (a multiplicative increase)

accretion ((astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases)

accretion ((biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles)

accretion ((geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment)

accretion; accumulation (an increase by natural growth or addition)

accession (a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group))

Antonym:

decrement (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)

Derivation:

incremental (increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The amount by which something increases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

increase; increment

Context example:

they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare

Hypernyms ("increment" is a kind of...):

amount (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "increment"):

fare increase (increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance)

price increase (increase in price)

hike; raise; rise; salary increase; wage hike; wage increase (the amount a salary is increased)

boost; cost increase; hike; rise (an increase in cost)

supplement; supplementation (a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency))

tax-increase; tax boost; tax hike (the amount by which taxes are increased)

up-tick (a small increase)

amplification; gain (the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input)

Derivation:

incremental (increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions)

 Context examples 

This pediatric formulation can dissolve easily in a small volume of water making it easier to swallow and is available in smaller dose increments thereby allowing for greater dosing flexibility.

(Everolimus Tablets for Oral Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)

A summation of many products, each being a successive value of a dependent variable y multiplied by a small increment delta x in the value of its independent variable.

(Mathematical Integral, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of computed tomography in which the patient is moved through the scanner continuously rather than in increments, so that the path of the beam through the patient is a continuous spiral.

(Dynamic Spiral CT, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of computed tomography in which the patient is moved through the scanner in increments rather than in a continuous fashion.

(Incremental Spiral CT, NCI Thesaurus)

Based on the information gather at the 2, 6, and 12 month visits, the clinician rates the patients change from baseline on a 7 increment scale ranging from 'Marked Improvement' to 'Marked Worsening.'

(Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Clinical Global Impression of Change Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Graphically if y is plotted against x, this is the slope; it is measured by the quotient (delta y / delta x) of two small increments along a plot line or a curve at a selected location.

(Mathematical Derivative, NCI Thesaurus)