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Meaning of step-down | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. That decreases in stages.
    not-comparable
  2. That reduces a voltage.
    not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

step-free step-up stepbrotherly stepdown stepfatherly Stepford

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