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Definitions for incremental
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. incrementaladjective

    increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions

    "lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary"

Wiktionary

  1. incrementaladjective

    Pertaining to an increment.

  2. incrementaladjective

    Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.

ChatGPT

  1. incremental

    Incremental refers to a process that occurs gradually in small stages, parts, or increases. It's a method of making changes or advancements bit by bit, rather than in one large leap. In various fields such as business, technology, and finance, an incremental approach is often applied to implement strategies, improve systems, or measure growth.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Incrementaladjective

    pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of incremental in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of incremental in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of incremental in a Sentence

  1. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell:

    Our nation's public treasures come up and are available when they're available, not necessarily when we have incremental funding for them.

  2. Chief Executive Joe Jimenez:

    We have seen a bit of a slowdown in emerging markets particularly China but in our business that means moving from mid-double digit growth rates to now in the mid-single digit growth rates, if you think about the global healthcare market maybe growing at 2 or 3 percent this is still incremental growth.

  3. Nicholos Venditti:

    The GO pledge, the pledge that the municipal market for its entire existence viewed as sacrosanct, now isn't, given the strength of the muni market this year, I don't believe investors have been compensated in general for that incremental risk.

  4. John Leahy:

    We're negotiating incremental orders.

  5. Bob Penn:

    The pressure to restructure is moving from the public sector to the private sector, it’s a cold, logical, analytical decision that at some point the incremental costs of regulation exceed the costs associated with breaking up.

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