An increment is a measurement used to determine the size and position of other elements in the app.
For example, you can define an increment as the height of a standard element, such as the action bar. If the action bar is 56dp tall, you may define one increment as equal to 56 x 56dp. Determine the size of other elements by how many 56dp increments wide or tall an element should be.
If an element is 8 increments wide, using 56dp as the increment size, the width is equal to 448dp.
Incremental keylines apply mostly to desktop, often to tablet, and infrequently to mobile. The number of increments varies based on window size.