Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is a stepper?

What is a stepper? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A dancer.
  2. A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.
  3. A kind of electric motor (a stepper motor) that advances in steps rather than smoothly.
  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. A step machine
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Examples
Computer-driven stepper motors rotate the mirrors to obtain the desired angle of incidence.
They are suitable for use with any standard two-phase stepper motor and offer four, user-selectable resolution settings.
Unlike earlier reductions, this particular transition requires a major design shift in stepper optics from refractive to reflective.
The relationships linking the stepper motor position and wavelength have been obtained by averaging the results of more than 20 spectra.
The drums were mounted on a platform that could be raised and lowered by an additional stepper motor.
A computer-controlled stepper motor allowed the user to select from 31 filters.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
7-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2025