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staircase

/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/

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noun

Escalera

A flight of stairs; a stairway.

Examples :

"The children ran up the staircase to get to their bedrooms. "

Los niños subieron corriendo la escalera para llegar a sus dormitorios.

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noun

Escalera

A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.

Examples :

"The old house had a beautiful wooden staircase leading to the second floor. "

La casa antigua tenía una hermosa escalera de madera que conducía al segundo piso.

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noun

Escalera de esclusas

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. "

La escalera de esclusas de la nueva presa permite a los peces navegar fácilmente por los diferentes niveles de agua.

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verb

Escalonar

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. "

Para reducir el ancho de banda, el software de procesamiento de imágenes escalonará el gradiente suave de colores, lo que resultará en pasos visibles entre los tonos en lugar de una transición fluida.

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