| 单词 | increment |
| 释义 | increment (once / 4774 pages) n Consider expanding your vocabulary by a small increment, or increase, each day. Increasing your vocabulary by an increment of just two words a day means you’ll learn more than 700 new words a year! Increment is often used in the context of a series of regular increases, so this word comes in handy whenever you’re expanding or improving something over time. Maybe you contribute to your bank account in modest increments each week. Or, when working out at the gym, perhaps you increase the number of sit-ups you do by a small increment each day. WORD FAMILYincrement: incremental, increments+/incremental: incrementally USAGE EXAMPLESTax increment financing is common in many states but are not used as much in Kentucky. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) So in other words we started patching together three minutes of music in 30-second increments, until we got there. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) This gratuitous publication will horrify many, inspire a few, and, by a small but perceptible increment, further desensitize the rest of us. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1n the amount by which something increases Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper increase decrease, decrement the amount by which something decreases amplification, gain the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input fare increaseincrease in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance price increaseincrease in price hike, raise, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increasethe amount a salary is increased boost, cost increase, hike, risean increase in cost supplement, supplementationa quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) tax boost, tax hike, tax-increasethe amount by which taxes are increased up-ticka small increase loop gain(telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion 2n a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper growth, increase decrease, decrement a process of becoming smaller or shorter accession a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) accretion, accumulationan increase by natural growth or addition accretion(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment accretion(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles accretion(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases multiplicationa multiplicative increase population growthincrease in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state proliferationa rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons) pullulationa rapid and abundant increase relaxation(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers broadening, wideningan increase in width backupan accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage buildupthe result of the process of accumulation deposit, depositionthe natural process of laying down a deposit of something doublingincrease by a factor of two irruptiona sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population quadruplingincrease by a factor of four quintuplingincreasing by a factor of five triplingincrease by a factor of three physical process, process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
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