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Definition of Step-up
1. Noun. The act of increasing something. "He gave me an increase in salary"
Generic synonyms: Change Of Magnitude
Specialized synonyms: 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
Antonyms: Decrease
Derivative terms: Increase, Increase, Step Up
Definition of Step-up
1. Adjective. That increases in stages ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a transformer etc) That increases a voltage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Step-up
Literary usage of Step-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is Electricity? by John Trowbridge (1896)
"This arrangement constitutes a species of double Ruhmkorff coil, or two step-up
transformers. Instead of using a battery to excite the first Ruhmkorff coil, ..."
2. X rays: An Introduction to the Study of Röntgen Rays by George William Clarkson Kaye (1914)
"... inserted. the desirability of avoiding its use by not generating the inverse
current at all, if that were possible. HIGH-TENSION step-up TRANSFORMERS. ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"De Forest was the first to use the alternating current and " step up " transformer,
which is now known to have been used by Marconi in his long-distance ..."
4. X Rays by George William Clarkson Kaye (1918)
"... inserted. the desirability of avoiding its use by not generating the inverse
current at all, if that were possible. HIGH-TENSION step-up TRANSFORMERS. ..."
5. Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923 by Frank Marshall Eastman (1922)
"... entirely to his own determination to succeed, which has led him step by step
up the ladder of success to the point which he now so deservedly occupies. ..."
6. Alternating-current Electricity and Its Applications to Industry by William Henry Timbie, Henry Harold Higbie (1914)
"Alternating-current Systems for Long-distance Transmission where step-up Transformers
are Required. Where the transmission of electric power must be made to ..."
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