The phrase "cumulative change" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is a common phrase used to describe the total or combined effect of multiple changes over time. One example of using "cumulative change" in a sentence could be: "The company's profits have steadily decreased over the past few years due to a cumulative change of market trends and consumer behavior."
"But it will be a small and cumulative change over a year or so.
Not all change is evolution, so we must distinguish evolution as being cumulative change through time.
The evolution of a star from white dwarf to supernova is one such cumulative change.
With the latest report, the cumulative change in the index over the last six months is a 0.1percentt increase.
Update: These are thousands of jobs, in each case the cumulative change since January (of 2001 and 2009 respectively).
Topics include review of definite integrals in a single variable with a view to applications like population growth, average values and cumulative change.
We assume that the permanent exclusion of lugworms may have entailed a cumulative change in sediment properties in the exclusion plots.
We can therefore track the evolution and cumulative change therein, identifying key drivers of CO2 emissions change, and performing scenario analysis and projection.
Correction: December 9, 2003, Tuesday A chart in Business Day on Saturday showing the cumulative change in the number of people employed since January 2001 carried an incorrect scale.
Human pressures on the ocean are thought to be increasing globally, yet we know little about their patterns of cumulative change, which pressures are most responsible for change, and which places are experiencing the greatest increases.
The graph below, based on our research, shows the relationship between the cumulative change in income and payroll tax liabilities for the top 5 percent over a two-year period as a share of gross domestic product and employment growth in the two years after the change.
