See Also: Increment(medicine)
Increment(money)
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increment(dictionary)
mean annual increment(medicine)
Unearned Increment(money)
small increment sensitivity index(medicine)
small increment sensitivity index test(medicine)

increment (iou)



increment noun & verb. LME.
[Latin incrementum, from stem of increscere INCREASE verb: see -MENT.]
A. noun.
The action or process of (esp. gradually) increasing or becoming greater; an increase, a growth, esp. a uniform or regular one. LME.
b. Heraldry. The waxing of the moon. Now only in in increment, in her increment, increscent. E17.
c. Rhetoric. = AUXESIS 1. M18.
The amount of increase; an addition; an amount gained, a profit, esp. a uniform or regular one. LME.
UNEARNED increment.
J. Gathorne-Hardy 650 a year. And that went on, you got minuscule increments I think.
b. Math. & Physics. A small (or infinitesimal) positive or negative change in a variable quantity or function. E18.
c. Forestry. (The value of) the increase in the quantity of wood produced by a tree or group of trees during a limited period. L19.
Something that promotes growth in a plant. rare. LME-E18.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Increase by an increment or increments. M19.