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step- |
step-by-step |
step-down |
step-down transformer |
step-in |
step-up
| step-up transformer
| stepbrother
| stepchild
| stepdame
| stepdaughter
step-up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun step-up has 1 sense
- step-up(n = noun.act) increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" is a kind of change of magnitude
has particulars: addition, advance, rise, appreciation, surge, upsurge, augmentation, amplification, enlargement, expansion, escalation, maximation, maximisation, maximization, exaggeration, expanding upon, expansion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, inclusion, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, elevation, strengthening, intensification, intensification, split, split up, stock split
Derived form verb step up1
CIDE DICTIONARY
step-up, a.
Transforming or converting a low-voltage current into one of high voltage; as, a step-up transformer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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