increment
The action of increasing or becoming greater.
Other meanings
The amount of increase.
A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
Synonyms
- increase
- growth
Word history
From Latin "incrēmentum".
Where this comes from
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