Step change
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sudden, discontinuous change.
"The report, stark and uncompromising, marks a step change in Europe's own role in pushing for international action to combat climate change, as it will be used in a bid to commit the EU to ambitious new targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases."
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More examples"The report, stark and uncompromising, marks a step change in Europe's own role in pushing for international action to combat climate change, as it will be used in a bid to commit the EU to ambitious new targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases."
Etymology
The concept has been borrowed from mathematics and technology terminology, from step function.