英和和英

名詞

increasement (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 increasements)

1. (まれに) An increase; growth.
2. (まれに) An increment; an addition; augmentation.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:

     ... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent

関連する語

• decreasement

参照

• “increasement” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.