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stepdown

stepdown adjective: used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.

Adjective

stepdown (not comparable)

  1. Used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.

Noun

stepdown (plural stepdowns)

  1. A gradual reduction.

Forms of stepdown

Adjective
alternative formstep-down
Noun
pluralstepdowns

Origin of stepdown

Deverbal from step down.

Questions about stepdown

What does stepdown mean?
Stepdown means used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.
What part of speech is stepdown?
Stepdown can be an adjective or a noun.

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