Dictionary

incremental en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From increment + -al.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to an increment.
2. Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
   • The replies to questions indicate that the technology provided noncontractually is generally more routine and incremental than that protected by contracts. 1997, Paul W. Beamish, J. Peter Killing, Cooperative Strategies: Asian Pacific perspectives, page 202:
   • We perform a full backup on Sunday, including the file foo.dat. On Wednesday, having modified foo.dat, it is stored on an incremental backup. 2025, Richard Fox, Information Technology: An Introduction for Today's Digital World, page 437:

Forms

Antonyms

decremental

Deriveds

incremental backup · incrementalistic · incremental game · incrementalism · incrementally · incrementalist · incrementalize · incremental learning · incrementality

Synonyms

gradual

Translations (28)

sv gradvis (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · fi inkrementaalinen (pertaining to an increment) · de inkremental (pertaining to an increment) · fi kasvu- (pertaining to an increment) · cs inkrementální (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · ru инкремента́льный (pertaining to an increment) · de graduell (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · de schrittweise (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · ru инкреме́нтный (pertaining to an increment) · uk інкрементний (pertaining to an increment) · da trinvis (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · de inkremental (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · ru инкремента́льный (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · de stadial (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · da inkrementel (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · de inkrementell (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · fi lisä- (pertaining to an increment) · da gradvis (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · ca incremental (pertaining to an increment) · de stufenweise (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · ru инкреме́нтный (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · sv inkrementell (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · sv stegvis (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · de Zuwachs- (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · id inkremental (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · de zunehmend (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · ru поша́говый (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps) · id inkremental (pertaining to an increment)