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incremental (comparative more incremental, superlative most incremental)

1. Pertaining to an increment.

   Synonym: gradual

   Antonym: decremental

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.

   • 2025, Richard Fox, Information Technology: An Introduction for Today's Digital World, page 437:

     We perform a full backup on Sunday, including the file foo.dat. On Wednesday, having modified foo.dat, it is stored on an incremental backup.

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