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Definition of Stepping down
1. Noun. A formal resignation and renunciation of powers.
2. Noun. The act of abdicating.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stepping Down
Literary usage of Stepping down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Question of Our Speech: The Lesson of Balzac; Two Lectures by Henry James (1905)
"... ravaged, yet partly restored and reinstated garden of France, and where, on
the other, the figures and the portraits we fancy stepping down to meet him ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1909)
"For instance, if the Scott, or T combination is used to step up from two to
three-phase, then aT should be arranged for stepping down to motors, ..."
3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1905)
"Electric Co the act of stepping down; and, under the circumstances of this case,
a verdict of the jury is, in our judgment, the only proper mode of ..."
4. American Negligence Reports, Current Series Cited Am. Neg. Rep.: All the by United States (1899)
"She did this by stepping upon the timber guard with her right foot, and stepping
down with her left foot from the pedal, to the floor of the bridge. ..."
5. Convention by Convention, National Electric Light Association (1905)
"It would be feasible to locate a moderate-sized transformer for stepping down
from 10000 volts to 2300 volts on a pole, provided particular care is taken in ..."
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