Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that steps, especially in a fast or spirited manner.
- noun Informal A dancer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which steps (with a certain gait or carriage expressed or implied); specifically, a fast horse: often in composition: as, a high-stepper; that horse in a good stepper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, steps.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
dancer . - noun A person or animal that steps energetically or high.
- noun A kind of electric
motor (a stepper motor) that advances in steps rather than smoothly. - noun A device used in the manufacture of
microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving astep and repeating).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting
- noun a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps
- noun a professional dancer
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Examples
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For the motors and controller, I went with HobbyCNC’s 3-axis Pro driver board package with 305 oz-in stepper motors.
Converting an X2 Mini-Mill to CNC « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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I wish you had written the year you think that computer-based slots (also called stepper slots) appeared on slot floors.
CasinoCityTimes.com 2010
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Computer-based slots, also known as stepper slots, were first developed in the early 1980s, nearly 30 years ago.
CasinoCityTimes.com 2010
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Gustave, forcing his weak voice, boasted of the performances of a "stepper" that he had tried that morning in the Allee des Cavaliers.
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Gustave, forcing his weak voice, boasted of the performances of a "stepper" that he had tried that morning in the Allee des Cavaliers.
A Romance of Youth — Complete Fran��ois Copp��e 1875
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It could sure use some kind of stepper motor to raise/lower the platform though, and maybe a little arm to spread the powder.
MAKE Magazine 2010
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Here is one from an online treadmill site that states the largest negative being the high price of $2000. keep in mind this is a "stepper" style with the wheel in the front. the one i bought at costco is a rear-wheel (more glide, less stepping) style, same price, by nordictrack last fall.
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The album itself was fairly forgettable (outside of the peppy stepper “It's Too Late To Change The Time”), save for the disc's final song — which on LPs in those days meant it was a throwaway.
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The album itself was fairly forgettable (outside of the peppy stepper “It's Too Late To Change The Time”), save for the disc's final song — which on LPs in those days meant it was a throwaway.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Some mornings it is almost like a stepper machine.
Judi Freedman: Weighing in at the Doctor's Office Judi Freedman 2011
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In 1990, Kamoze had recorded a dancehall track called “Hot Stepper” with the Jamaican producer Philip “Fatis” Burrell — “Hot Stepper” being patois slang for “fugitive.”
The Number Ones: Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes The Hotstepper” Tom Breihan 2022
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