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What is the noun for steps?

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step

An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
A small space or distance.
A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
A gait; manner of walking.
Proceeding; measure; action; act.
(plural) A walk; passage.
(plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
(nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
(machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
(music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
(kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
(programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
(slang) A stepsibling.
Synonyms:

footstep, pace, stride, stepping, tread, gait, walk, large step, long step, trot, amble, carriage, gallop, movement, bearing, canter, march, motion, way of walking, manner of walking, posture, style, comportment, deportment, run, manner, clip, way of moving, saunter, rhythm, wander, stroll, lick, way of carrying oneself, way of holding oneself, conduct, mien, behaviour, behavior, demeanor, demeanour, appearance, air, cast, way of behaving … more

Examples:

“He took a slow step sideways to balance himself as the boat rocked.”

“There was a noticeable spring in her step after she heard the good news.”

“Dave Rowe ran to hide in his closet when he heard the loud step of the intruder in his home.”

stepper

A dancer.
A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.
A kind of electric motor (a stepper motor) that advances in steps rather than smoothly.
A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating).
A step machine
Examples:

“Computer-driven stepper motors rotate the mirrors to obtain the desired angle of incidence.”

“Each probe can be moved in two directions, axis and angle, by stepper motors through a remote-control system.”

“As the semiconductor industry looks to the future, stepper manufacturers are gearing up for extreme ultraviolet lithography.”

stepback

(chiefly attributive) A piece of furniture whose upper section is further back than the lower part, forming a flat shelf or step between them.

steppage

(pathology) A high-stepping gait sometimes used to compensate for foot drop.
Examples:

“During his visit for the ischemic forearm test, a steppage gait was observed.”

stepstool

A stool with in-built steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects.
Examples:

“I made make-do sawhorses out of the top of my new chest freezer and the top of two plastic storage boxes stacked on my stepstool.”

“Q WHERE can I find a stepstool with a high back, which is good to hold when climbing up but also makes a lovely seat?”

“Jack showed him a child's stepstool with a dinosaur carved on its step made from the tree.”

stepwell

(India) A well in which the water can be reached by descending a set of steps.
Synonyms:

baoli, barav, bawdi, kalyani, pushkarani, vaav, well

Examples:

“The ancient temple complex featured a magnificent stepwell which allowed visitors to descend a set of steps to access the water source.”

“An overweight woman's dress caught on the ironing-board-shaped handrail of a transit bus stepwell.”

“Where any seated passenger is likely to be thrown forward into a stepwell as a result of heavy braking, a guard shall be fitted.”

steplength

The length of a step (or of a stride)

stepwork

A construction in the form of steps.

stepsize

(mathematics) The size of a step.

stepping

The act of taking a step.
Synonyms:

step, footstep, pace, stride

steplengths

plural of steplength

stepstools

plural of stepstool

stepbacks

plural of stepback

stepsizes

plural of stepsize

steppings

plural of stepping
Synonyms:

steps, footsteps, paces, strides

stepwells

plural of stepwell
Synonyms:

wells

steppers

plural of stepper
Examples:

“But you will still need sophisticated manufacturing infrastructure and sophisticated steppers.”

“The facility also includes a sauna, running machines, exercise bikes, steppers and a selection of weights and toners.”

“While the gym had two rowing machines and four exercise bikes, there was only one treadmill and no cross trainers or steppers.”

steps

plural of step.
Synonyms:

route, course, path, line, track, way, circuit, direction, trail, round, routeway, run, journey, beat, passage, approach, method, pathway, avenue, itinerary, lane, beeline, byway, rounds, program, programme, detour, means, plot, flight path, short cut, trajectory, bearing, orbit, orientation, road, flight, ambit, curve, arc, thoroughfare, channel, drive, thruway, tack, axis, lap, race, heading, aisle … more

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