single-step

British

verb

(tr) computing to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program

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This single-step process keeps the 2D material interface completely clean, which enables the material to reach its fundamental limits of performance without being held back by defects or contamination.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2023

Repeat sequences evolve by single-step duplication, deletion, and inversion, rather than by single-nucleotide substitution.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

“Any horse that dies is an absolute failure of the veterinary system that was looking after the athlete. “These are not single-step failures.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2016

But that advantage has not kept researchers from exploring a single-step alternative.

From Nature • Apr. 23, 2014

Henceforth the single-step character of man's call now more than ever predominates.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

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