incremental

See also: incrémental

English

Etymology

From increment +‎ -al.

Adjective

incremental (comparative more incremental, superlative most incremental)

1. Pertaining to an increment.
2. Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
   • 1997, Paul W. Beamish, J. Peter Killing, Cooperative Strategies: Asian Pacific perspectives, page 202:

     The replies to questions indicate that the technology provided noncontractually is generally more routine and incremental than that protected by contracts.

Synonyms

• gradual

Antonyms

• decremental

Derived terms

• incremental backup
• incremental game
• incrementalism
• incrementalist
• incrementalistic
• incrementality
• incrementalize
• incrementally

Translations

pertaining to an increment

Catalan: incremental Finnish: kasvu-, lisä- (fi), inkrementaalinen German: inkremental (de) Indonesian: inkremental (id) Russian: инкреме́нтный (ru) (inkreméntnyj), инкремента́льный (ru) (inkrementálʹnyj) (computing) Ukrainian: інкрементний (inkrementnyj)

occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps

Czech: inkrementální German: stufenweise (de), schrittweise (de), inkrementell (de), zunehmend (de), graduell (de), stadial, inkremental (de), Zuwachs- Indonesian: inkremental (id) Russian: инкреме́нтный (ru) (inkreméntnyj), инкремента́льный (ru) (inkrementálʹnyj) (computing), поша́говый (ru) (pošágovyj) Swedish: gradvis (sv), stegvis (sv), inkrementell (sv)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iŋ.kɾə.mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kɾe.menˈtal]

Adjective

incremental m or f (masculine and feminine plural incrementals)

1. incremental

Related terms

• increment

Further reading

• “incremental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “incremental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “incremental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “incremental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From increment +‎ -al.

Adjective

incremental m or n (feminine singular incrementală, masculine plural incrementali, feminine and neuter plural incrementale)

1. incremental

Declension

Declension of incremental

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	incremental		incrementală		incrementali	incrementale
	definite	incrementalul		incrementala		incrementalii	incrementalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	incremental		incrementale		incrementali	incrementale
	definite	incrementalului		incrementalei		incrementalilor	incrementalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From incremento +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkɾemenˈtal/ [ĩŋ.kɾe.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧cre‧men‧tal

Adjective

incremental m or f (masculine and feminine plural incrementales)

1. incremental

Derived terms

• incrementalmente

Related terms

• incremento