increment /ingˈ or inˈkri-mənt/

1. Increase
2. The amount of increase, eg in wages and salaries
3. An amount or thing added
4. The finite increase of a variable quantity (mathematics)
5. An adding of particulars towards a climax (rhetoric)
6. A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second person singular present indicative (grammar)

(in computer programming) to add 1 to the value in a storage location (cf decrement)

incremental /-mentˈl/ adjective and noun

incrementˈally adverb

incremental backup noun (computing)

A copy containing files altered since the last backup

incremental plotter noun (computing)

A device which plots graphs from data specifying increments to its current position, rather than from data specifying co-ordinates (cf digital plotter)

unearned increment

Any exceptional increase in the value of land, houses, etc not due to the owner's labour or outlay

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