step change
step change noun: a sudden, discontinuous change.
Noun
step change (plural step changes)
- A sudden, discontinuous change.
- The report, stark and uncompromising, marks a step change in Europe's own role in pushing for international action to combat climate change, as it will be used in a bid to commit the EU to ambitious new targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.2007 January 10, Michael McCarthy, Stephen Castle, “http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/eu-climate-change-will-transform-the-face-of-the-continent-431491.html”, in The Independent
- This 'pre-funding' helps smooth payments and avoids step-changes in charges to operators, according to ORR [Office of Rail and Road].2019 November 6, Philip Haigh, “Analysis”, in Rail, page 32
step change meaning in Tamil
step change in Tamil
- படிமுறை மாற்றம்
Forms of step change
| plural | step changes |
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Origin of step change
The concept has been borrowed from mathematics and technology terminology, from step function.
Questions about step change
- What does step change mean?
- Step change means a sudden, discontinuous change.
- What is step change in Tamil?
- Step change in Tamil is படிமுறை மாற்றம். See Step change meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is step change?
- Step change is a noun.
- What is the plural of step change?
- The plural of step change is step changes.
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