noun Download 🔗Share A flight of stairs; a stairway. Examples : "The children ran up the staircase to get to their bedrooms. " architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell. Examples : "The old house had a beautiful wooden staircase leading to the second floor. " architecture building property structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next. Examples : "The new dam's staircase allows fish to easily navigate the different water levels. " architecture nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) so as to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps. Examples : "To reduce bandwidth, the image processing software will staircase the smooth gradient of colors, resulting in visible steps between shades instead of a seamless transition. " technical computing electronics math signal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
