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incremented

incremented is the simple past and past participle of increment.

Meaning of increment

Verb

increment (third-person singular simple present increments, present participle incrementing, simple past and past participle incremented)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.
    • ... any given value just before observing, the actual pressures must as frequently be incremented as decremented, both in the "on" and the "off" series.1890, H. E. J. G. Du Bois, “On Magnetic Circuits”, in Philosophical magazine, page 346

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Questions about incremented

What is incremented the simple past and past participle of?
Incremented is the simple past and past participle of increment.

Words near incremented in the dictionary

  1. incrementalizes
  2. incrementalizing
  3. incrementally
  4. incrementation
  5. incrementations
  6. incremented
  7. incrementer
  8. incrementers
  9. incrementing
  10. incrementor
  11. incrementors

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