Stepwise
adj, adv
adj, adv ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal not-comparable
"The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time."
Adjective
- 1 one thing at a time wordnet
Adverb
- 1 One step or stage at a time; step by step
Adverb
- 1 proceeding in steps wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time."
Etymology
From step + -wise.