Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 156
Stentorophonic (a.) Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. [Obs.]
Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a preserved in the Vatican. -- Derham.
Stepped (imp. & p. p.) of Step.
Stepping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Step.
Step (v. i.) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
Step (v. i.) To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
Step (v. i.) To walk slowly, gravely,
or resolutely.
Home the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold. --
Thomson.
Step (v. i.) Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
They are stepping almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity. -- Pope.
To step aside, To walk a little distance from the rest; to retire from company.
To step forth, To move or come forth.
To step in or To step into. (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to advance suddenly in.
Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. -- John v. 4.
To step in or To step into. (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the house.
To step in or To step into. (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.
To step out. (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity, of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.
To step out. (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.
To step short (Mil.), To diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules.
Step (v. t.) To set, as the foot.
Step (v. t.) (Naut.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
To step off, To measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
Step (n.) An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
Step (n.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.
The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Step (n.) The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.
To derive two or three general principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow from those manifest principles, would be a very great step in philosophy. -- Sir I. Newton.
Step (n.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
Step (n.) A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
Step (n.) Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
Step (n.) Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world. -- Pope.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. -- Cowper.
I have lately taken steps . . . to relieve the old gentleman's distresses. -- G. W. Cable.
Step (n.) pl. Walk; passage.
Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree. -- Dryden.
Step (n.) pl. A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
Step (n.) (Naut.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
Step (n.) (Mach.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
Step (n.) (Mach.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
Step (n.) (Mus.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
Note: The word tone is often used as the name of this interval; but there is evident incongruity in using tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the word scale is derived from the Italian scala, a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps.
Step (n.) (Kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation. -- W. K. Clifford.
Step (n.) (Fives) At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.
Back step, Half step, etc. See under Back, Half, etc.
Step grate, A form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.
To take steps, To take action; to move in a matter.
Step- () A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc.
Step (n.) Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" [syn: measure, step].
Step (n.) The distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride].
Step (n.) The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps".
Step (n.) Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" [syn: step, stair].
Step (n.) Relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions" [syn: gradation, step].
Step (n.) A short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore" [syn: step, stone's throw].
Step (n.) The sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step].
Step (n.) A musical interval of two semitones [syn: tone, whole tone, step, whole step].
Step (n.) A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window" [syn: footprint, footmark, step].
Step (n.) A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.
Step (n.) A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step" [syn: dance step, step].
Step (v.) Shift or move by taking a step; "step back".
Step (v.) Put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" [syn: step, tread].
Step (v.) Cause (a computer) to execute a single command.
Step (v.) Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat].
Step (v.) Furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace".
Step (v.) Move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively".
Step (v.) Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; "step over to the blackboard".
Step (v.) Place (a ship's mast) in its step.
Step (v.) Measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" [syn: pace, step].
Step (v.) Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps".
STEP, () STandard for the External representation / Exchange of Product data definition (ISO, DP 10303, CAD) Standard for the exchange of product model data.
STEP, () (STEP) A draft ISO standard for the exchange of CAD data.
See also PDES. (1995-02-22)
Stepbrother (n.) A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.
Stepbrother (n.) A brother who has only one parent in common with you [syn: stepbrother, half-brother, half brother].
Stepchild (n.) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. [Obs.]
Stepchild (n.) A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Stepchild (n.) A child of your spouse by a former marriage.
Stepdame (n.) A stepmother. -- Spenser.
Stepdaughter (n.) A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Stepdaughter (n.) A daughter of your spouse by a former marriage.
STEP-DAUGHTER. () In Latin privigna, is the daughter of one's wife, or of one's husband.
Stepfather (n.) The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
Stepfather (n.) The husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
STEP-FATHER. () In Latin vitricus, is the husband of one's mother who is not the father of the person spoken of.
Stephanion (n.) (Anat.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
Stephanion (n.) The craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus.
Stephanite (n.) (Min.) A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore.
Compare: Brittle
Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. -- Cotton.
Brittle silver ore, The mineral stephanite.
Stephanotis (n.) (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
Stephanotis (n.) A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
Stephanotis (n.) Any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers.
Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.
Stepladder (n.) A folding portable ladder hinged at the top [syn: step ladder, stepladder].
Stepmother (n.) The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Stepmother (n.) The wife of your father by a subsequent marriage.
STEP-MOTHER. () In Latin noverca, is the wife of one's father, who is not the mother of the person spoken of.
Stepparent (n.) Stepfather or stepmother.
Stepparent (n.) The spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage.
Steppe (n.) One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna.
Steppe murrain. (Far.) See Rinderpest.
Steppe (n.) Extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia).
Stepped (a.) Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
Stepped gear, A cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face in a series of steps.
Stepper (n.) 行走的人或動物；【俚】跳舞者；花很多時間參加社交活動的學生 One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
Stepper (n.) A professional dancer [syn: hoofer, stepper].
Stepper (n.) A motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps [syn: stepper, stepping motor].
Stepper (n.) A horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting [syn: stepper, high stepper].
Stepping-stone (n.) A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.
These obstacles his genius had turned into stepping-stones. -- Macaulay.
That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. -- Tennyson.
Stepsister (n.) A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
Stepson (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
Stepson (n.) The son your spouse by a former marriage
STEP-SON. () In Latin privignus, is the son of one's wife, or of one's husband.
Stepstone (n.) A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
-ster () A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster.
Note: Brewing, baking, and weaving were formerly feminine labors, and consequently brewster, baxter, and webster meant, originally, the woman (not the man) who brews, bakes, or weaves. When men began to perform these duties the feminine appellations were retained.
Stercobilin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin.
Serolin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) (a) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.
Serolin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) (b) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin. Seron
Stercolin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Serolin (b).
Stercoraceous (a.) Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung.
Stercoranism (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
Stercoranist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.
Stercorarian (n.) A Stercoranist.
Stercorary (n.) A place, properly secured from the weather, for containing dung.
Stercorate (n.) Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
Stercoration (n.) Manuring with dung. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Stercorianism (n.) (Eccl.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
Serolin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) (a) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.
Serolin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) (b) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin. Seron
Stercorin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Serolin (b).
Stercory (n.) Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
Sterculiaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao ({Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order.
Stere (n.) A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 11/3 cubic yards.
Stere (v. t. & i.) To stir. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Stere (n.) A rudder. See 5th Steer. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Stere (n.) Helmsman. See 6th Steer. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Compare: Steer
Steer (n.) A rudder or helm. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Stere. () A French measure of solidity used in measuring wood. It is a cubic metre. Vide Measure.
Sterelmintha (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Platyelminthes.
Stereo- () A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography.
Stereobate (n.) (Arch.) The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement.
Stereo-chemic (a.) Alt. of Stereo-chemical.
Stereo-chemical (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula.
Stereo-chemistry (n.) (Chem.) Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms.
Stereochrome (n.) Stereochromic picture.
Stereochromic (a.) Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by stereochromy. -- Ste`re*o*chro"mic*al*ly, adv.
Stereochromy (n.) A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda).
Stereoelectric (a.) (Physics) Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.
Stereogram (n.) A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph.
Stereogram, () A two-dimensional image which, when viewed correctly appears three-dimensional. E.g. SIRDS or SIRTS. (1994-11-03)
Stereograph (n.) Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography. Stereographic
Stereographic (a.) Alt. of Stereographical.
Stereographical (a.) Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth.
Stereographic projection (Geom.), A method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the projection is made is at right andles to the diameter passing through the center of projection.
Stereographically (adv.) In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
Stereography (n.) The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined.
Stereometer (n.) (Physics)An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer.
Stereometer (n.) (Physics) An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids. Stereometric
Stereometric (a.) Alt. of Stereometrical.
Stereometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. -- Ste`re*o*met"ric*al*ly, adv.
Stereometry (n.) The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.
Stereomonoscope (n.) An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once.
Stereoplasm (n.) (Biol.) The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm.
Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.
Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.
Note: In the reflecting stereoscope, the rays from the two pictures are turned into the proper direction for stereoscopic vision by two plane mirrors set at an angle with each other, and between the pictures. In the lenticular stereoscope, the form in general use, the eyeglasses are semilenses, or marginal portions of the same convex lenses, set with their edges toward each other, so that they deflect the rays coming from the picture so as to strike the eyes as if coming direct from an intermediate point, where the two pictures are seen apparently as one. Stereoscopic
Stereoscope (n.) An optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs.
Stereoscopic (a.) Alt. of Stereoscopical.
Stereoscopical (a.) Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views. -- Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.
Stereoscopic (a.) Of or relating to a stereoscope; "stereoscopic lenses".
Stereoscopic (a.) Of or relating to stereoscopy; "stereoscopic vision".
Stereoscopist (n.) One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.
Stereoscopy (n.) The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it.
Stereoscopy (n.) Three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina [syn: stereoscopic vision, stereoscopy].
Stereostatic (a.) (Civil. Engin.) Geostatic. Stereotomic
Stereotomic (a.) Alt. of Stereotomical.
Stereotomical (a.) Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy.
Stereotomy (n.) The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.
Stereotype (n.) 鉛版印刷 A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type.
Stereotype (n.) 陳規，刻板模式 The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
Stereotype block, A block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.
Stereotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Stereotype.
Stereotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stereotype.