steppingn.

/ˈstɛpɪŋ/

Etymology: < step v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of step v.; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > stepping

steppingc1394

treadinga1425

proculcation1656

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 649 Þer is no waspe in þis werlde þat will wilfulloker styngen For stappyng [v.r. stamping] on a too of a styncande frere.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Marchemenet plus oultre, a stepping forward.

1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 130 Nature's voluntary errors and steppings out of her more common road of Operation.

1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 198 (note) The Homeric word πλίσσοντο, which in the Odyssey..is applied to the stepping of mules.

1875 M. Arnold God & Bible 72 Existence, again, means a stepping forth.

†b. plural. Footsteps, footprints. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints

scorec1330

tracesc1330

tradea1450

steppings1573

foot track1600

vestigiating1638

tracing1657

1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta v. v, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Xiii Leade the waye Into the stonie rockes and highest hilles, Where fewest trackes..[of] steppings may be spyde.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) T ij It is a custome of purloining burglairers, to strew pepper in the tract of their steppings.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. 82 Though short he fall of old Corvino's age, His steppings with the other footsteps fit.

†c. plural. Gradual advances. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [noun] > gradual advances

steppings1651

1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 54 Still the Flood crept by little steppings, and invaded more by his progressions than he lost by his retreat.

d. Places on which to step. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > in walking or running

pacec1300

stepping1854

1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) xvii. 370 That common sense..which enables men to pick their stepping prudently through the journey of life.

e. With up. The action of to step up 8 at step v. Phrasal verbs 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun]

betteringeOE

amendmentc1230

bote of beam1330

meliorationa1400

upraisingc1400

reformation?a1425

amelioration?a1450

enrichinga1513

amendsa1547

gooding1567

betterment1594

meliorization1599

endearment1612

raisure1613

betterance1614

ascenta1616

ascension1617

enrichmenta1626

improvement1625

booty beam1642

meliorating1647

bonification1652

uplift1873

work1914

pickupa1916

upgrading1920

tone-up1943

stepping1958

upgradation1979

upgrade1980

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increasing by stages

stepping1958

1958 Listener 24 July 112/1 This would involve a stepping-up of supplies from Persia and from Venezuela.

1965 D. Francis For Kicks i. 8 There were trials and prison sentences..and a stepping-up of regular saliva and urine tests.

f. The step-by-step movement of a stepping device (see stepping adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > movement

step1957

stepping1960

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > motor > [noun] > stepper > movement of

stepping1960

1960 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIII. 356/2 These selectors may be arranged for..absorbing the digit pulsed without any stepping of the switch.

1964 IEEE Trans. Automatic Control IX. 102/2 Several companies..offer step motors with maximum stepping rates in excess of 3000 steps per second.

1974 B. C. Kuo Theory & Applications of Step Motors i. 4 There are many different versions of switches and actuators which give stepping motion through the principle of solenoid action.

1977 Engin. Materials & Design Aug. 41/1 Medium power switching types provide operating voltage ranges from 6 to 110V dc and 6 to 220V ac, with latching and stepping facilities in selected items.

2. concrete.

†a. plural. Steps, stairs. Also, stone for making steps. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > steps in a flight

greces1380

grecingc1400

stepping1608

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone for other specific building use

stepping1608

oven-stone1836

revetting1839

walling stone1840

landing1847

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 453 All steppings vp [to the altar] being forbidden.

1676 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 144 Item for Steppings 70 and ½ foot at seven shillings per foot.

b. plural = stepping-stones (see stepping-stone n.). dialect.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > stepping-stone > row of

hipping stone1580

causey1598

stupple1611

hippings1697

stepping1796

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 347 Steppings, or Stepping Stones.

c. Nautical. A rabbet taken out of the deadwood, for the heels of the timbers to step on.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > strengthening timbers at ends of keel > rabbet in which ends of timbers are secured

stepping1805

1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 135.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 195 At present, however, the cants are heeled against the keel and deadwood without any such stepping.

d. The arrangement of the steps of a key.

ΚΠ

1911 Chambers's Jrnl. 829/1 The stepping of the key..enables great variations to be secured.

3. Surveying. A method of ascertaining the horizontal measure of a slope by extending the chain horizontally in a series of successive positions resembling a flight of steps.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > specific methods or processes

dialling1670

traverse1674

boning1718

levelling1812

triangulation1818

resection1855

plane-tabling1867

stepping1888

tacheometry1888

tachymetry1891

trilateration1948

1888 B. H. Brough Mine-surv. 15 The process is called stepping, and, on steep ground, may be carried on by half~chains, or even shorter distances.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

stepping-board n.

ΚΠ

1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 150/1 The tread-wheel is similar to a common water-wheel. Upon its circumference are stepping-boards.

stepping-line n.

ΚΠ

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 30 Bearding-line,..often called the stepping-line.

stepping-piece n.

ΚΠ

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 83 [Ship-building.] It is usual..to fit a ‘stepping piece’.

stepping-place n.

ΚΠ

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 308 By knowing exactly where certain stepping-places and hold-fasts were placed.

stepping-wheel n.

ΚΠ

1884 A. Griffiths Chron. Newgate II. iv. 168 The newly-invented tread-wheels, or stepping wheels, as they were at first called.

C2.

stepping-off place n. jocular the place at the end of the world, whence one steps off into vacancy.

ΚΠ

1893 E. Custer Tenting on Plains 21 In my mind, Texas then seemed the stepping-off place.

stepping-stile n. = step-stile n. at step n.¹ Compounds 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > stile > types of

stepping-stile1791

step-stile1904

1791 C. Smith Celestina II. 209 She then went into the park over the stepping stile.

1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 140 A stepping-stile leads into the field.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	stepping
释义	steppingn. /ˈstɛpɪŋ/ Etymology: < step v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of step v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > stepping steppingc1394 treadinga1425 proculcation1656 c1394 P. Pl. Crede 649 Þer is no waspe in þis werlde þat will wilfulloker styngen For stappyng [v.r. stamping] on a too of a styncande frere. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Marchemenet plus oultre, a stepping forward. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 130 Nature's voluntary errors and steppings out of her more common road of Operation. 1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 198 (note) The Homeric word πλίσσοντο, which in the Odyssey..is applied to the stepping of mules. 1875 M. Arnold God & Bible 72 Existence, again, means a stepping forth. †b. plural. Footsteps, footprints. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints scorec1330 tracesc1330 tradea1450 steppings1573 foot track1600 vestigiating1638 tracing1657 1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta v. v, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Xiii Leade the waye Into the stonie rockes and highest hilles, Where fewest trackes..[of] steppings may be spyde. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) T ij It is a custome of purloining burglairers, to strew pepper in the tract of their steppings. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. 82 Though short he fall of old Corvino's age, His steppings with the other footsteps fit. †c. plural. Gradual advances. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [noun] > gradual advances steppings1651 1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 54 Still the Flood crept by little steppings, and invaded more by his progressions than he lost by his retreat. d. Places on which to step. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > in walking or running pacec1300 stepping1854 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) xvii. 370 That common sense..which enables men to pick their stepping prudently through the journey of life. e. With up. The action of to step up 8 at step v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] betteringeOE amendmentc1230 bote of beam1330 meliorationa1400 upraisingc1400 reformation?a1425 amelioration?a1450 enrichinga1513 amendsa1547 gooding1567 betterment1594 meliorization1599 endearment1612 raisure1613 betterance1614 ascenta1616 ascension1617 enrichmenta1626 improvement1625 booty beam1642 meliorating1647 bonification1652 uplift1873 work1914 pickupa1916 upgrading1920 tone-up1943 stepping1958 upgradation1979 upgrade1980 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increasing by stages stepping1958 1958 Listener 24 July 112/1 This would involve a stepping-up of supplies from Persia and from Venezuela. 1965 D. Francis For Kicks i. 8 There were trials and prison sentences..and a stepping-up of regular saliva and urine tests. f. The step-by-step movement of a stepping device (see stepping adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > movement step1957 stepping1960 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > motor > [noun] > stepper > movement of stepping1960 1960 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIII. 356/2 These selectors may be arranged for..absorbing the digit pulsed without any stepping of the switch. 1964 IEEE Trans. Automatic Control IX. 102/2 Several companies..offer step motors with maximum stepping rates in excess of 3000 steps per second. 1974 B. C. Kuo Theory & Applications of Step Motors i. 4 There are many different versions of switches and actuators which give stepping motion through the principle of solenoid action. 1977 Engin. Materials & Design Aug. 41/1 Medium power switching types provide operating voltage ranges from 6 to 110V dc and 6 to 220V ac, with latching and stepping facilities in selected items. 2. concrete. †a. plural. Steps, stairs. Also, stone for making steps. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > steps in a flight greces1380 grecingc1400 stepping1608 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone for other specific building use stepping1608 oven-stone1836 revetting1839 walling stone1840 landing1847 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 453 All steppings vp [to the altar] being forbidden. 1676 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 144 Item for Steppings 70 and ½ foot at seven shillings per foot. b. plural = stepping-stones (see stepping-stone n.). dialect. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > stepping-stone > row of hipping stone1580 causey1598 stupple1611 hippings1697 stepping1796 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 347 Steppings, or Stepping Stones. c. Nautical. A rabbet taken out of the deadwood, for the heels of the timbers to step on. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > strengthening timbers at ends of keel > rabbet in which ends of timbers are secured stepping1805 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 135. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 195 At present, however, the cants are heeled against the keel and deadwood without any such stepping. d. The arrangement of the steps of a key. ΚΠ 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. 829/1 The stepping of the key..enables great variations to be secured. 3. Surveying. A method of ascertaining the horizontal measure of a slope by extending the chain horizontally in a series of successive positions resembling a flight of steps. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > specific methods or processes dialling1670 traverse1674 boning1718 levelling1812 triangulation1818 resection1855 plane-tabling1867 stepping1888 tacheometry1888 tachymetry1891 trilateration1948 1888 B. H. Brough Mine-surv. 15 The process is called stepping, and, on steep ground, may be carried on by half~chains, or even shorter distances. Compounds C1. General attributive. stepping-board n. ΚΠ 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 150/1 The tread-wheel is similar to a common water-wheel. Upon its circumference are stepping-boards. stepping-line n. ΚΠ 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 30 Bearding-line,..often called the stepping-line. stepping-piece n. ΚΠ 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 83 [Ship-building.] It is usual..to fit a ‘stepping piece’. stepping-place n. ΚΠ 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 308 By knowing exactly where certain stepping-places and hold-fasts were placed. stepping-wheel n. ΚΠ 1884 A. Griffiths Chron. Newgate II. iv. 168 The newly-invented tread-wheels, or stepping wheels, as they were at first called. C2. stepping-off place n. jocular the place at the end of the world, whence one steps off into vacancy. ΚΠ 1893 E. Custer Tenting on Plains 21 In my mind, Texas then seemed the stepping-off place. stepping-stile n. = step-stile n. at step n.¹ Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > stile > types of stepping-stile1791 step-stile1904 1791 C. Smith Celestina II. 209 She then went into the park over the stepping stile. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 140 A stepping-stile leads into the field. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). steppingadj. /ˈstɛpɪŋ/ Etymology: < step v. + -ing suffix². Of an electric motor or other electromechanical device: designed to make a rapid succession of small, equal movements in response to a pulsed input, each pulse causing one movement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > motor > [adjective] > types of motor gearless1892 servo-controlled1929 stepping1957 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [adjective] > moving in steps stepping1957 1957 H. H. Goode & R. E. Machol Syst. Engin. iv. 48 Consider a stepping switch acting as a line finder in a telephone system. 1958 J. G. Truxal Control Engineers' Handbk. v. 69 Besides stepping relays and the Ledex rotary solenoid, few digital devices are available that can step from one point to another rapidly enough to be useful as a control-system output actuator. 1975 Physics Bull. July 319/3 The precision divided tables may be fitted with calibrated hand wheels or driven by either stepping motors or dc gear motors. 1979 Nature 12 July 121/1 The electrodes were advanced through the brain with a stepping microdrive..until a cell or process was penetrated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.c1394adj.1957
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steppingn.

Compounds

steppingadj.