step-down

See also: stepdown and step down

English

Etymology

Deverbal from step down.

Adjective

step-down (not comparable)

1. That decreases in stages.
2. (of a transformer etc.) That reduces a voltage.
   • 1958 September, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 604:

     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.

Antonyms

• step-up

Related terms

• step-off

Translations

voltage decrease

Finnish: jännitettä laskeva Vietnamese: hạ thế (vi)

See also

• step down

Anagrams

• stew pond, stewpond, downstep