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incrementing

incrementing is the present participle and gerund 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 incrementing

What is incrementing the present participle and gerund of?
Incrementing is the present participle and gerund of increment.

Words near incrementing in the dictionary

  1. incrementation
  2. incrementations
  3. incremented
  4. incrementer
  5. incrementers
  6. incrementing
  7. incrementor
  8. incrementors
  9. increments
  10. increpate
  11. increpated

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