"incremental" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more incremental [comparative], most incremental [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English increment Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English incremental From increment + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|increment|-al|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English increment Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English incremental [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "fro" }, { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-el", "lang" : "fro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "incremental", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="incremental"> From increment + -al. Head templates: {{en-adj}} incremental (comparative more incremental, superlative most incremental)
  1. Pertaining to an increment. Synonyms: gradual Translations (pertaining to an increment): incremental (Catalan), kasvu- (Finnish), lisä- (Finnish), inkrementaalinen (Finnish), inkremental (German), inkremental (Indonesian), инкреме́нтный (inkreméntnyj) (Russian), инкремента́льный (inkrementálʹnyj) [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Russian), інкрементний (inkrementnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-incremental-en-adj--y~lScLC Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to an increment': 95 5
  2. Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps. Translations (occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps): inkrementální (Czech), stufenweise (German), schrittweise (German), inkrementell (German), zunehmend (German), graduell (German), stadial (German), inkremental (German), Zuwachs- (German), inkremental (Indonesian), инкреме́нтный (inkreméntnyj) (Russian), инкремента́льный (inkrementálʹnyj) [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Russian), поша́говый (pošágovyj) (Russian), gradvis (Swedish), stegvis (Swedish), inkrementell (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-incremental-en-adj-xwl9aVbv Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: incremental backup, incremental game, incrementalism, incrementalist, incrementalistic, incrementality, incrementalize, incrementally
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish increment\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālisbor.\nOld French -albor.\n▲\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -elbor.\n▲\nLatin -ālisbor.\nMiddle English -al\nEnglish -al\nEnglish incremental\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjectivizing suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂el-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ālis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ālis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-al\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" }, { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"id\" : \"adjectivizing suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"la\", \"2\" : \":inh\", \"3\" : \"itc-pro:*-ālis\", \"id\" : \"adjectivizing suffix\", \"title\" : \"-ālis\", \"pos\" : \"suffix\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ālis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-el\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" }, { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"id\" : \"adjectivizing suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"la\", \"2\" : \":inh\", \"3\" : \"itc-pro:*-ālis\", \"id\" : \"adjectivizing suffix\", \"title\" : \"-ālis\", \"pos\" : \"suffix\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ālis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-al\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-al\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"incremental\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"incremental\">\nFrom increment + -al.",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish increment\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālisbor.\nOld French -albor.\n▲\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -elbor.\n▲\nLatin -ālisbor.\nMiddle English -al\nEnglish -al\nEnglish incremental\nFrom increment + -al.",
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    {
      "form": "more incremental",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most incremental",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "decremental"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to an increment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "gradual"
        }
      ]
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      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              110,
              121
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1997, Paul W. Beamish, J. Peter Killing, Cooperative Strategies: Asian Pacific perspectives, page 202:",
          "text": "The replies to questions indicate that the technology provided noncontractually is generally more routine and incremental than that protected by contracts.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2025, Richard Fox, Information Technology: An Introduction for Today's Digital World, page 437:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps."
      ]
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "incremental"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "kasvu-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "lisä-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "inkrementaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "inkremental"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "inkremental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "inkreméntnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "инкреме́нтный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "inkrementálʹnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "инкремента́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "inkrementnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to an increment",
      "word": "інкрементний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "inkrementální"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "stufenweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "schrittweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "inkrementell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "zunehmend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "graduell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "stadial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "inkremental"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "Zuwachs-"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "inkremental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "inkreméntnyj",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "инкреме́нтный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "inkrementálʹnyj",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "инкремента́льный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "pošágovyj",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "поша́говый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "gradvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "stegvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps",
      "word": "inkrementell"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incremental"
}

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