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- an increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale（尤指连续、定量的）增长：
all sizes from 4-30 mm in 1 mm increments.
从4毫米到30毫米每隔1毫米递增的所有规格。
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- a regular increase in salary on such a scale工资定量增长, 定量加薪：
your first increment will be payable six months from your date of commencement.
第一次的加薪自你工作开始之日起六个月后即可支付。
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- Mathematics a small positive or negative change in a variable quantity or function【数】（变量、函数的）正（或负）增量。
派生词
incremental
adjectiveincrementally
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Latin incrementum, from the stem of increscere 'grow' （see INCREASE）.