Backstep

Quick meaning: Backstep is a noun meaning A step backwards.

Meaning

A step backwards.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A regression.
2. (geology) An abrupt subsidence or change in deposition preserved in the sedimentary record due to a marine transgression.
3. (fluid mechanics) Flow over a backward-facing step.
4. A platform at the rear of a firetruck where a firefighter can stand.
5. To take a step backwards
6. To return to a previous place or time.
7. The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details.

Example Sentences

There are also times when a player needs to enlist the aid of the backstep while on the baseline.

Note the mirror next to the rear warning lights that allows the driver to view the backstep area of the apparatus.

With care it is possible to combine a median-of-three mechanism with partitioning that avoids backstep initialization.

Then, when I was a backstep firefighter in the early 1960s, a fire occurred in an old vacant movie theater on my day off.

Word Forms

• backsteps
• backstepping
• backstepped

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include backdown, backpedalling, retreat, backpedaling, backout, recoil.

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