Literary notes about increment (AI summary)
The term "increment" appears in literature with a range of nuanced meanings depending on context. In educational philosophy, as seen in John Dewey's work, it conveys not merely an additive process but a qualitative enhancement—an enrichment of meaning and experience where connections are deepened ([1], [2]). In contrast, in sociological discourse, the word is used more literally to denote an increase in quantity, such as a growing population that impacts demographics ([3]). Additionally, its application in grammatical analysis, as in the examination of verbal bases, underscores its role in describing an added element or modification to a word form ([4]).
- (1) The increment of meaning corresponds to the increased perception of the connections and continuities of the activities in which we are engaged.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - There is a genuine increment of experience; not another item mechanically added on, but enrichment by a new quality.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - The towns are absorbing even more than the natural increment of country population; they are drawing off the middle-aged as well as the young.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - The same termination of the dative is added to verbal bases which have taken the increment of the aorist, the s.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
