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stepwise

stepwise adjective: one (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal.

Adjective

stepwise (not comparable)

  1. One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
    • The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time.2003, Steven Scott Phelps, tRNA interactions in the ribosomal A-site […] , page 48

Adverb

stepwise (comparative more stepwise, superlative most stepwise)

  1. One step or stage at a time; step by step

stepwise meaning in Tamil

stepwise in Tamil

படிப்படியான

Synonyms of stepwise

All synonyms of stepwise

Forms of stepwise

comparativemore stepwise
superlativemost stepwise

Origin of stepwise

From step + -wise.

Words formed from stepwise

Questions about stepwise

What does stepwise mean?
Stepwise means one (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal.
What is stepwise in Tamil?
Stepwise in Tamil is படிப்படியான. See Stepwise meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stepwise?
Stepwise can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near stepwise in the dictionary

  1. stepwedge
  2. stepwedges
  3. stepwell
  4. stepwells
  5. stepwife
  6. stepwise
  7. stepwisely
  8. stepwives
  9. stepwork
  10. steradian
  11. steradiancies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stepwise (page history and authors); stepwise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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