Increment

(n.) The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

(n.) Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.

(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.

(n.) An amplification without strict climax,

编辑:波西亚

• Indeed, the period seems a grand climax of discovery, rather than an increment of growth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• There is a genuine increment of experience; not another item mechanically added on, but enrichment by a new quality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

哈蒂编辑