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An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
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A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
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A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
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He improved step by step, or by steps.
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A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
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The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents.
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The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
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One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.
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A small space or distance.
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It is but a step.
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A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
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A gait; manner of walking.
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The approach of a man is often known by his step.
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Proceeding; measure; action; act.
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(plural) A walk; passage.
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(plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
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A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
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(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
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(machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
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The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
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(kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
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A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
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Printing from 0 to 9 with a step of 3 will display 0, 3, 6 and 9.
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A stepsibling.