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increments

NOUN

small step toward gain

Synonyms

STRONG

accession accretion accrual addition advancement augmentation enlargement increase profit raise rise supplement

WEAK

accrument

Antonyms

STRONG

decline decrease deduction drop fall lessening loss reduction shrinkage subtraction

Example Sentences

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To the Binomial theorem, previously discovered by Newton, Taylor now added, in his "Method of Increments," the celebrated theorem that bears his name.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

The Prices of All Increments of Supply Equal.—A consumer always gets a net surplus of benefit from the early increments of the goods he consumes.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates

Increments in plastral length averaged 68.1 per cent in the year after hatching, 28.6 per cent in the second year and 18.1 per cent in the third year.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.