equicrescent
adjEtymology From equi- + crescent.
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Mathematics, Sciences Increasing by equal increments.
- It is well to notice that t, time, is an equicrescent variable, i.e., grows in equal steps. Thus, although time continually increases, it does so uniformly, so that the differential increment, dt, is constant, although time, t, is itself variable.1913, Louis Adolphe Martin, Text-book of Mechanics, Volume 2:
- A variable regarded as taking on equal increments is an equicrescent variable.1916, Mansfield Merriman, American Civil Engineers' Pocket Book:
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- The scale I2 is equicrescent, i. e., its subdivisions subtend equal angular intervals at the pivot point.1947, John W Wilson, Radiograph calculator, US Patent 2484366: