step-down

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step-down - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Step-down \Step"-down`\, a. (Elec.)
     Transforming or converting a current of high potential or
     voltage into one of low voltage; as, a step-down transformer.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

step-down - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  step-down
      n 1: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn:
           decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant:
           increase, step-up]