increment

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɪŋkɹɪmn̩t/

Noun

rhetoric

The action of increasing or becoming greater. / (heraldry) The waxing of the moon. / The amount of increase.

Japanese Meaning

増加すること、あるいは大きくなる過程 / 月が大きくなっていく過程（月の増大・第一の月の状態） / 増加の量

What is this buttons?

The company announced a modest increment in salaries starting next quarter.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会社は来四半期から給料のわずかな増加を発表しました。

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Sense（1）

The action of increasing or becoming greater.

the seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies

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Sense（2）

(heraldry) The waxing of the moon.

Sense（3）

The amount of increase.

In the third place, the superelevation and alignment of the track, theoretically calculated for speeds of 70 to 75 m.p.h., was adequate for the 80 to 85 m.p.h. or so normally attained as maxima over the G.N. main line; but nothing whatever had been done to prepare it for the enormous increment over these figures that this run was to produce.

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Sense（4）

(rhetoric) An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."

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