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• The thread increments the semaphore to prevent other threads from entering the critical section at the same time.From the entry semaphore
• The fragments shrank by increments of about three kilodaltons (a measure of molecular weight).1993, Scientific American, February 33.3. From the entry measure
• A variable regarded as taking on equal increments is an equicrescent variable.1916, Mansfield Merriman, American Civil Engineers' Pocket Book. From the entry equicrescent
• In HBase, logs are appended to the WAL before any edit operations (put and increment) are persisted to disk.2012, Eric Redmond, Jim Wilson, edited by Jacquelyn Carter, Seven Databases in Seven Weeks, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN. From the entry WAL
• Among the preventive methods, notchless control was of particular value, and so was the reduction in the power increments between notches.1964 January, “The adhesion problem”, in Modern Railways, page 38. From the entry notchless
• Firouzja’s surprise loss to Fedoseev this week was partly attributed to his preference for 1+0 bullet without the one second per move increment.2020 November 6, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Magnus Carlsen showcases his bullet skills with 11 straight wins”, in The Guardian, archived from…. From the entry ultrabullet
• The scrapbooky style of Hardcore Logo and the memoir-slash-screenplay format of American Whiskey Bar demonstrate his ability to successfully deliver a story in jigsaw increments.2009 September 27, Ryan Bigge, “A snapshot carousel delivers in increments”, in Toronto Star. From the entry scrapbooky
• An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable.2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §9.4. From the entry postfix
• If a twitchlike increment in force is obtained with stimulation of the nerve innervating part of the contracting muscles, suboptimal motoneuron output is obvious.2006 June, S[imon] C. Gandevia, J. L. Taylor, “Supraspinal fatigue: the effects of caffeine on human muscle performance”, in Journal of…. From the entry twitchlike
• A more sophisticated device is the Newcastle interactive palliator, in which a continuous low-dose intravenous infusion is combined with patient-operated demand increment.1984, John N. Lunn, Quality of Care in Anaesthetic Practice, →ISBN, page 174. From the entry palliator
• In one sense the interareas, planareas, and palintropes are genetically the same in that they are all surfaces resulting from increment to the posterior margin.1942, Preston E. Cloud, Jr., Terebratuloid Brachiopoda of the Sillurian and Devonian, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry interarea
• Thus, although time continually increases, it does so uniformly, so that the differential increment, dt, is constant, although time, t, is itself variable.1913, Louis Adolphe Martin, Text-book of Mechanics, Volume 2. From the entry equicrescent
• In 60-second increments, she gently walks them through the steps of assembling vegan comfort dishes (crabless crab cakes, sweet potato avocado toast, a late-night salad with pickles).2020 May 13, Sandra E. Garcia, “The Joy of Vegan Cooking, 60 Seconds at a Time”, in The New York Times. From the entry crabless
• And there are plenty who consider even 1+0 bullet too slow, and prefer to play hyperbullet, 30 seconds, or ultrabullet, 15 seconds for the entire game without increment.2020 November 6, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Magnus Carlsen showcases his bullet skills with 11 straight wins”, in The Guardian, archived from…. From the entry ultrabullet
• Some snack bars incremented this morning sandwich and created the “x-caboquinho” – besides the French bread roll, the margarine and the tucumã, they also add cheese and fried banana.2013 December 26, Mouzar Benedito, translated by Phill Turner, “Notes on Manaus and Amazônia”, in Understanding Brazil, the Country of…. From the entry x-caboquinho
• Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbance. From the entry widow's cruse
• In the Punjab increment is reserved against contingencies, a conservative and therefore excellent scheme, since there has been a tendency to overfell and to accept too optimistic rotation figures.1935, The Indian Forester - Volume 61, page 746. From the entry overfell
• For the determination of the geothermal gradient, that is, the depths that must be reached in order to find increments of 1° C. in the temperature, the geothermometer is employed.1902, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, page 402. From the entry geothermometer

Meaning of increment

1. noun The action of increasing or becoming greater.
2. noun The amount of increase.
3. noun 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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Questions about increment in a sentence

How do you use increment in a sentence?

Increment is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The thread increments the semaphore to prevent other threads from entering the critical section at the same time.”

What is a short sentence with increment?

“A variable regarded as taking on equal increments is an equicrescent variable.”

What does increment mean?

Increment means the action of increasing or becoming greater.