#increase  a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month"
  exclusion:  lessening
  supertype:  change.happening__alteration__modification  an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another: "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"
  subtype:  augmentation.increase  the amount by which something increases
  subtype:  concentration.increase  increase in density
     subtype:  densification__compaction__compression__concretion  an increase in the density of something
     subtype:  rarefaction  a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"
  subtype:  jump.increase__leap  a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
     subtype:  quantum_leap__quantumleap__quantum_jump__quantumjump  a sudden large increase or advance; "this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer"
  subtype:  waxing.increase  a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the moon"

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