Zuwachs — meaning in English

English meaning

• accession noun A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
• increment noun The action of increasing or becoming greater.

Senses

Zuwachs is used for these senses in English:

• accession Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
• accretion (uncountable) (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.
• increment The action of increasing or becoming greater.

accession — full definition

1. noun A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
2. noun Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
3. noun Such augmentation that adds to the collections of a museum or archive; a thing thus added.
4. noun A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).

increment — full definition

1. noun The action of increasing or becoming greater.
2. noun The amount of increase.
3. noun An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
4. noun The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.

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