— incremental /in'kreuh men"tl, ing'-/ , adj. — incrementally , adv.
/in"kreuh meuhnt, ing"-/ , n.
1. something added or gained; addition; increase.
2. profit; gain.
3. the act or process of increasing; growth.
4. an amount by which something increases or grows: a weekly increment of $25 in salary.
5. one of a series of regular additions: You may make deposits in increments of $500.
6. Math.
a. the difference between two values of a variable; a change, positive, negative, or zero, in an independent variable.
b. the increase of a function due to an increase in the independent variable.
[ 1375-1425; late ME incrementum an increase, equiv. to incre ( scere ) to grow (see INCREASE) + -mentum -MENT ]