Increment



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 增值, 增加
• ［英］ n. 增值, 增加 ( increase; gain; growth)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +cre ( 增加) +ment -> 使增加 -> 增加
• ［同］ 同根词: accretion ( 自然增大) ; incretion ( 内分泌)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin incrementum, from increscere to increase
• Date: 15th century
• 1. the action or process of increasing especially in quantity or value ; enlargement
• 2.
  • a. something gained or added
  • b. one of a series of regular consecutive additions
  • c. a minute increase in quantity
• 3. the amount or degree by which something changes; especially the amount of positive or negative change in the value of one or more of a set of variables

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