Dictionary

step-down en · ADJ

Etymology

Deverbal from step down.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That decreases in stages.
2. (not-comparable, of a transformer etc.) That reduces a voltage.
   • The internal lighting of the new locomotives can be supplied either from the battery or the dynostarter, and may also be connected to an external supply of 200-250 volts a.c. through a changeover switch and a step-down transformer. 1958 September 14, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 604:

Antonyms

step-up

Relateds

step-off · step down

Translations (2)

fi jännitettä laskeva (voltage decrease) · vi hạ thế (voltage decrease)