increment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English encrement, increment, from Latin incrēmentum, from incrēscō (whence increase), from in- + crēscō (“grow”). Equivalent to increase +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪŋkɹɪmn̩t/ === Noun === increment (plural increments) The action of increasing or becoming greater. The amount of increase. (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." (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. ==== Synonyms ==== (action of increasing or becoming greater): enlargement, expansion; See also Thesaurus:augmentation (amount of increase): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “amount of increase”): decrement; See also Thesaurus:decrement ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== increase ==== Translations ==== === Verb === increment (third-person singular simple present increments, present participle incrementing, simple past and past participle incremented) (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one. ==== Usage notes ==== Used in many technical fields, especially in mathematics and computing. ==== Antonyms ==== decrement ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin incrēmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [iŋ.kɾəˈmen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.kɾəˈment] IPA(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kɾeˈment] === Noun === increment m (plural increments) increment, increase Synonym: augment ==== Derived terms ==== incremental === Further reading === “increment”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “increment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “increment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “increment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin incrementum. === Noun === increment n (plural incrementuri) increment ==== Declension ====