increment
A small or regular increase in the number or amount of something.
A small or regular increase in a number, amount, or value, especially one of several steps in a process of change.
A regular rise in your pay, often every year or after you reach a goal at work.
A regular increase in pay or salary, often given annually or according to a pay scale.
The exact amount you add to a number or measurement each time in a series of steps.
The specific amount by which a variable, measurement, or function value is increased in a single step, especially in mathematics, science, or computing.
To make a number, counter, or value go up by a fixed amount, usually by one.
To increase a numerical value, especially a counter or variable, by a fixed amount, typically by one.
- Base: increment
- Plural: increment, increments
- Base: increment
- 3rd Person Singular: increments
- Present Participle: incrementing
- Past: incremented
by small increments
1changing through many small increases
Used to say that something changes slowly, moving up in many small steps instead of one big change.
- Their market share grew by small increments over several years.
- She improved her running time by small increments each week.
in increments of [amount]
1divided into equal step increases
Used to say that something changes or is measured in equal, fixed steps of a certain size.
- The speed can be adjusted in increments of 5 kilometers per hour.
- Please pay the loan back in increments of $100 per month.
increment and decrement
1paired increase and decrease operations
Used in technical fields, especially computing, to talk about the two opposite actions of making a value go up (increment) or go down (decrement) by a fixed amount.
- Many programming languages provide simple operators for increment and decrement of variables.
- The tutorial explains how to use increment and decrement in a for-loop.