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incremental

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to an increment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gradual

Antonyms: decremental

2

adj

Meaning 2

Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From increment + -al.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: incremental — pertaining to an increment
  • Finnish: kasvu- — pertaining to an increment
  • Finnish: lisä- — pertaining to an increment
  • Finnish: inkrementaalinen — pertaining to an increment
  • German: inkremental — pertaining to an increment
  • Indonesian: inkremental — pertaining to an increment
  • Russian: инкреме́нтный (inkreméntnyj) — pertaining to an increment
  • Russian: инкремента́льный (inkrementálʹnyj) — pertaining to an increment
  • Ukrainian: інкрементний (inkrementnyj) — pertaining to an increment
  • Czech: inkrementální — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Danish: gradvis — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Danish: trinvis — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Danish: inkrementel — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: stufenweise — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: schrittweise — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: inkrementell — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: zunehmend — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: graduell — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: stadial — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: inkremental — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • German: Zuwachs- — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Indonesian: inkremental — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Russian: инкреме́нтный (inkreméntnyj) — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Russian: инкремента́льный (inkrementálʹnyj) — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Russian: поша́говый (pošágovyj) — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Swedish: gradvis — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Swedish: stegvis — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps
  • Swedish: inkrementell — occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps