incremental

[ in-kruh-men-tl, ing- ]

adjective

1. increasing or adding on, especially in a regular series:

   small, incremental tax hikes.

incremental

/ ˌɪnkrɪˈmɛntəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, using, or rising by increments

Other Words From

• in·cre·men·tal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incremental¹

First recorded in 1675–85; increment + -al ¹

Example Sentences

It takes work, but it will pay off over time as the incremental conversion rate increases impact top-line revenue.

From Search Engine Watch

There have been changes — virtual fans in stands, remotely produced interviews, a new acceptance of flexibility in TV advertising — but they seem to be more incremental than absolute, based on recent conversations with industry executives.

From Digiday

Database scientists Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes had each toiled at Oracle for more than a decade, helping the software giant eek out incremental improvements in its applications.

From Fortune

Shoppable ads enable advertisers to place more focus on incremental reach and less focus on frequency.

From Digiday

With the introduction of RSAs, Google began encouraging advertisers to move away from “overly fixating” on click-through and conversion rates and instead focus on the incremental lift in clicks and conversions from RSAs.

From Search Engine Land

Utilizing fear, or taking a reasoned approach to gradual, incremental change?

From The Daily Beast

They are winning incremental battles under the pretense of health regulations and parental consent.

From The Daily Beast

She seems, if anything, to symbolize an even more incremental progressivism than President Obama.

From The Daily Beast

We also need, in incremental and experimental ways, to keep building up a real politics of climate change.

From The Daily Beast

When it comes to democracy and rule of law, progress requires incremental growth.

From The Daily Beast

The overwhelming favorite is still the incremental machine called the Calcomp plotter.

From Project Gutenberg

The growth of cities has, through real estate speculation and incremental income, made many of our millionaires.

From Project Gutenberg

In comparison to centuries of slow, incremental development, relatively abrupt change testifies to a new human condition.

From Project Gutenberg

A car was still, in some ways, the result of incremental progression from the horse-drawn carriage.

From Project Gutenberg

Allocation of resources within a system and strategies of co-evolution are seen as resources of incremental performance.

From Project Gutenberg