steppers

/S T EH1 P ER0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.

  2. 2

    A dancer.

  3. 3

    A kind of electric motor (a stepper motor) that advances in steps rather than smoothly.

  4. 4

    A device used in the manufacture of microcircuits to apply a photolithographic image repeatedly, at regular intervals (by imaging, moving a step and repeating).

  5. 5

    A type of exercise machine.

  6. 6

    Anything that moves or advances in steps.

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