step

Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot.

He improved step by step, or by steps.

The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents.

One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.

It is but a step.

The approach of a man is often known by his step.

The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world.

Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree.

Usage note: The word tone is often used as the name of this interval; but there is evident incongruity in using tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the word scale is derived from the Italian scala, a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps.

A change of position effected by a motion of translation will be called a step.

Printing from 0 to 9 with a step of 3 will display 0, 3, 6 and 9.