Definition of Stairstep

1. [v -STEPPED, -STEPPING, -STEPS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stairstep

staircases
stairchair
stairchairs
stairclimber
stairclimbers
staired
stairgate
stairgates
stairhead
stairheads
stairless
stairlift
stairlifts
stairlike
stairs
stairstep (current term)
stairstepped
stairstepping
stairsteps
stairtower
stairtowers
stairway
stairways
stairwell
stairwells
stairwise
staisfise
staith
staithe
staithes

Literary usage of Stairstep

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The U. S. Environmental Industry: Meeting the Challenge: U. S. Industry by David R. Berg, Grant Ferrier (2000)
"A stairstep growth of regulations seemed to deliver endless environmental problems to address and a stairstep growth of regulations to which to reply, ..."

2. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"PART III ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS INTRODUCTION—CLASSIFICATION 426 I. PERSPECTIVE PHENOMENA 427 stairstep Clouds, Arching of Cloud Bands, Crepuscular Rays, ..."

3. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"... The multi-step format is designed to be read in a stairstep manner. Each step down is a deduction of one or more expenses. Look at the sample income ..."

4. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1912)
"... suffice to illustrate the phenomenon in question, and the schematic drawing, figure 2, will aid in explaining how the stairstep illusion is produced. ..."

5. Families First: Report of the National Commission on America's Urban FamiliesFamily & Relationships (1993)
"... President and Executive Director of stairstep Susan Baldwin, Director Social Services—Project for Pride In Living Dr. Rose Brewer, Sociologist, Chair, ..."

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