accrescimento

Definitions of accrescimento
  1. noun
    the act of increasing something
    synonyms: aumento, crescita, incremento, rialzo
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    antonyms:
    abbassamento, calata, calo, contrazione, decremento, diminuzione, flessione, minorazione, rallentamento, riduzione
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
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    aggiunta
    the act of adding one thing to another
    aumento, montata, montatura, rialzo
    increase in price or value
    amplificazione
    (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
    allargamento, allargatura, espansione, ingrandimento
    the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
    escalation, spirale
    an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
    esagerazione, gonfiatura, montatura
    the act of making something more noticeable than usual
    accumulazione, accumulo, cumulazione, rateo
    the act of accumulating
    inclusione
    the act of including
    fortificazione, rafforzamento, rassodamento
    the act of increasing the strength of something
    intensificazione
    action that makes something stronger or more extreme
    dilatazione
    the act of expanding an aperture
    tensione
    act of expanding by lengthening or widening
    arrotondamento
    the act of supplementing
    acutizzazione, aggravamento, inasprimento, peggioramento, recrudescenza
    action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
    type of:
    cambio di dimensione
    the act of changing the amount or size of something
  2. noun
    a change resulting in an increase
    synonyms: aumento, crescita, incremento, rialzo
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    alleggerimento
    a change downward
    types:
    concentrazione
    increase in density
    concrezione
    an increase in the density of something
    rarefazione
    a decrease in the density of something
    type of:
    alterazione, cambiamento, metamorforsi, modifica, modificazione, mutamento, mutazione, trasformazione, variazione
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  3. noun
    the amount by which something increases
    synonyms: aumento, crescita, incremento, ingrandimento
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    antonyms:
    abbassamento, calo, decremento, diminuzione, minorazione, riduzione
    the amount by which something decreases
    types:
    gain
    the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
    aumento, rialzo
    the amount a salary is increased
    type of:
    ammontare, totale
    the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
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