IN'CREMENT, noun [Latin incrementum, from incresco. See Increase.] 1. Increase; a growing in bulk, quantity, number, value or amount; augmentation. 2. Produce; production. 3. Matter added; increase. 4. In mathematics, the quantity by which a variable quantity increases; a differential quantity.
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