stairstep

Definitions

noun A step in a staircase.
noun A staircase.
noun One of a series of objects or items grouped progressively according to height.
transitive & intransitive verb To position or be positioned progressively according to height.

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Photo By CRAWLIFE snapped this shot just below stairstep falls in stevens pass

Field & Stream 2009
Mesas alternate with broad intervening valleys in the stairstep topography of the Limestone Cut Plain.

Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009
Do stairstep changes.billw, Silicon Valley, CAQuote

The Volokh Conspiracy » Stimulus Idea 2009
Several weeks before the hike, I doubled my stairstep routine to help compensate for the altitude.

Copper Canyon crossing, hiking the Sierra Tarahumara 2006
Dear-Abby pulled herself up the last stairstep and into the loft.

GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL GREGORY SPENCER 2007
A bit of a side note, but has anyone figured out why GISS uses that strange stairstep correction?

Porto Velho and Londrina « Climate Audit 2007
BTW, the stairstep appears to be single decimal place rounding.

Porto Velho and Londrina « Climate Audit 2007
Sometimes Claire imagines them, a stairstep squadron, sisters to mix with the little boys, Claire their leader.

Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
Sometimes Claire imagines them, a stairstep squadron, sisters to mix with the little boys, Claire their leader.

Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
Last week's increase from 4.5% to 4.75% continues the trend, begun by Alan Greenspan, in stairstep-motion hikes from 1% two years ago.

Fed To Gurus: Sell Consumer Discretionary Stocks 2006