Increment1. (n.) The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, quantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.
2. (n.) Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.
3. (n.) The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased.
4. (n.) An amplification without strict climax,
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