increments

Gradual upward steps

Increments are small, regular increases or additions.

Salaries rise in annual increments; a thermostat adjusts temperature in increments of one degree.

The word implies gradual, measured steps rather than sudden jumps: We're making progress in small increments.

To increment something is to increase it by a fixed amount, especially in computing where counters increment by one.

measurement

units

Standard measures of quantity

intervalsGaps between events
divisionsSeparate portions of something
graduationsCeremonies completing formal education

notches · calibrations · degrees · fractions · decimals · percentiles · scale · ruler · millimeter · centimeter

gradual

stepwise

Proceeding by degrees

progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
phasedIntroduced or removed incrementally
stagedArranged for effect

iterative · sequential · cumulative · successive · piecemeal · bit-by-bit · step-by-step · slow · steady · measured

numerical

addition

Joining quantities mathematically

increaseGrowth in amount
uptickSlight increase
gainPositive return received

rise · boost · bump · step-up · raise · escalation · growth · accumulation · accrual · compounding

salary

raise

Lift or increase

bonusReward beyond expectation
adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
cost-of-livingPrice of basic needs

merit · promotion · annual · performance-based · contractual · negotiated · retroactive · percentage

software

iteration

Repeated procedural pass

versionA distinct form
updateNew version or information
patchMaterial covering damage

release · build · revision · changelog · deploy · rollout · agile · sprint · milestone · commit

Categories

graduationstick marks, hash marks, graduations, gradations, divisions
compensationpay, salary, income, wage, bonus
employee compensationsalary, pay, base pay, base salary, gross pay
public paysalary, gross pay, net pay, pay, pay grades
Agilescrum, sprint, backlog, kanban, retrospective
measurement errorssystematic error, sampling error, inaccuracy, imprecision, error

Opposites

direction of change

incrementsdecrements

Amounts subtracted sequentially

decreases · reductions · cuts · deductions · subtractions

mode of change

incrementslump sums

Entire amounts paid once

quantum leaps · overhauls · totals · aggregates · wholes

continuity of change

incrementsleaps

Short springing motions

jumps · surges · spikes · quantum leaps · step changes

Family

increment, incremental, incrementally, incremented, incrementing, incrementalism

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