incremental

n.增长

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
incremental (adjective)
of, relating to, being, or occurring in especially small - increments incremental additions incremental change
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
incremental (adjective)
1.
proceeding or changing by steps or degrees
SYNONYMS:
gradational, incremental, phased, piecemeal, step-by-step
RELATED WORDS:
progressive, stepped, tapered; imperceptible, inching; decrescent, increscent
NEAR ANTONYMS:
discontinuous, saltatory; acute, sharp; changeable, dynamic, meteoric, volatile
abrupt, sudden
incremental (adjective)
2.
produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
SYNONYMS:
accretive, accumulative, additive, conglomerative, incremental
RELATED WORDS:
gradual, step-by-step, stepwise; increscent, progressive; accruable, accrued, aggregated, amassed, built-up, compiled, conglomerated
NEAR ANTONYMS:
decremental, decrescent, degressive, regressive
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