stepwise
in a steplike arrangement.
Music. from one adjacent tone to another: The melody ascends stepwise.
Music. moving from one adjacent tone to another: stepwise melodic progression.
Origin of stepwise
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How to use stepwise in a sentence
“They have done these studies to see, stepwise, how much antibody production is going to happen at certain doses,” he explains.
Why are kids’ immune systems different from adults? | Philip Kiefer | October 30, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThey used computer algorithms, sets of stepwise instructions that help solve mathematical problems.
Surfing the winds would make future jet travel greener | Harini Barath | April 16, 2021 | Science News For StudentsWhen eighth-notes are used, as at a, they must be approached and left stepwise.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons | Friedrich J. LehmannIt was extended stepwise through different keys over the entire range of the two octaves of the voice.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing | James Francis CookeIn this case it is best to continue stepwise through the tone of resolution.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons | Friedrich J. Lehmann
The perfect fifth following the diminished fifth is good when taken in an upward direction stepwise in the higher parts.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons | Friedrich J. LehmannBoth notes should be approached and left stepwise, with the exception that the first may be taken by a skip.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons | Friedrich J. Lehmann
British Dictionary definitions for stepwise
/ (ˈstɛpˌwaɪz) /
arranged in the manner of or resembling steps
music, US proceeding by melodic intervals of a second
with the form or appearance of steps; step by step
music, US in a stepwise motion
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