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stepwise
stepwise
English
Adjective
stepwise (not comparable)
-  One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
-  2003, Steven Scott Phelps, tRNA interactions in the ribosomal A-site  […]  (page 48)
- The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time.
 
 
-  2003, Steven Scott Phelps, tRNA interactions in the ribosomal A-site  […]  (page 48)
Translations
one step or stage at a time; gradual
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Adverb
stepwise (comparative more stepwise, superlative most stepwise)
- One step or stage at a time; step by step
Translations
one step or stage at a time
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