Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backstepping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: back-step-ping
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique for designing stabilizing controls for a special recursive class of nonlinear dynamical systems.

Uncountable

noun

A gradual backward movement of organisms or a sedimentary environment caused by changes in environmental factors.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Once the sea level stabilized again, the same group of corals grew once more, but farther inshore and up to 10 feet higher in elevation, a process known to geologists as backstepping."

Etymology

From back + stepping.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does backstepping mean?: A technique for designing stabilizing controls for a special recursive class of nonlinear dynamical systems.
Where does backstepping come from?: From back + stepping.

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