Sometime billions of years in the future, he predicts, the core and mantle could cool and solidify enough to meet the crust. If that happens, Earth will become a cold, dead planet like the moon. Long before such an occurrence, however, the Sun will likely have evolved into a red-giant star, and grown large enough to engulf our fair planet.
The term increment is occasionally used in physics and engineering to represent a small change in a parameter such as temperature, electric current, visible light intensity, or time. Also see Mathematical Symbols.
Tax increment financing is a unique tool available to cities and counties for redevelopment activities. It is used to leverage public funds to promote private sector activity in the targeted area. The dollar value of all real property in the CRA is determined as of a fixed date, also known as the base year.