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incrementation

incrementation

8.8
Adding one to a number or variable each time
  • noun
  • /ˌɪnkrəˈmɛnˌteɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: incremento
  • The calculator features an incrementation function that allows users to add one to their current total with a single button press.

Examples

  • The most efficient incrementation scheme was found to be manually controlled 1.0 mm indentation steps.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The automatic load step incrementation procedure that we discussed was employed with these starting displacements.

  • Moreover, incrementation at both scales must be consistent.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The rounder requires the sticky-bit and guard-bit information to determine whether the intermediate result requires incrementation.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Of course, we can also use sub incrementation and then the convergence will be increased because our delta, our time step over the sub increment is smaller.

  • The post-normalizer also outputs a signal to the controls, which indicates the potential for overflow or underflow because of the maximum binary shift and incrementation condition in the rounder.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Sub-incrementation strategies have been proposed in order to improve the robustness of the RVE iterative solution and reduce computational time for multi-scale analysis, while keeping the consistency between incremental schemes at both scales 44, 50.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In programming, incrementation is used to increase the value of a variable by one each time the loop runs.

  • To calculate the total score, the incrementation of each correct answer adds one point to the final tally.

Surface Forms

Morphology

incrementation = increment (semi-transparent) = increment + ation

The word is built transparently from 'increment' + '-ation', but the resulting noun is somewhat technical and less immediately familiar to average learners.

Etymology

Incrementation comes from the word increment, which is like increase and the older word crescere 'to grow'. So incrementation is the idea of making a number grow step by step, often by one.