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What is the noun for increments?

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increment
  1. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
  2. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
  3. The amount of increase.
  4. (rhetoric) 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."
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Consequently, there is a noticeable increment in the number of trips that citizens have to take nowadays and their duration.”
incremence
  1. (rare) Incremental growth.
  2. (rare) Incremental rate.
  3. (rare) Division into increments.
incrementality
  1. The property or characteristic of being incremental.
  2. The amount of change caused by a small increment of input.
incrementor
  1. That which increments; a computer programming instruction that increments a value.
incrementalism
  1. Any method of achieving a goal by means of a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There is no acceptance of the need for incrementalism that all of politics is based upon.”
      “We are incrementalists, but in this case the incrementalism is moving in the wrong direction.”
      “But incrementalism in wartime when our national survival may be at stake is unacceptable.”
incrementer
  1. (computing) Any device or circuit that carries out an incrementation operation
incrementalist
  1. One who follows a policy of incrementalism.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It should be able to continue to do so by a more incrementalist approach to expansion.”
      “I'm definitely an incrementalist, and if that entails being hypocritical and shifting principles to a certain extent, so be it.”
      “And finally, the incrementalist approach may also prove too incremental, that is, too slow, for those of us who are used to the speed of modern communication systems.”
incrementation
  1. The act or process of incrementing.
incrementalisms
  1. plural of incrementalism
incrementalists
  1. plural of incrementalist
incrementations
  1. plural of incrementation
incrementalities
  1. plural of incrementality
incrementors
  1. plural of incrementor
incrementers
  1. plural of incrementer
increments
  1. plural of increment
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Because they exhibit continuous variation, most polygenic traits can be measured on a scale composed of equal increments.”
      “At Storytown's peak, over 2000 prostitutes, in various bagnios, were selling Love in hourly increments.”
      “Enlargement is supported by the observation that many small conductance increments can lead to a large decrement.”
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