step-up

step-up (stpp)

adj.

1. Increasing in steps or by stages.

2. Electricity Serving to increase voltage: a step-up transformer.

n.

An increase in size, amount, or activity.

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1. In land operations, a procedure by which control is passed from an organization to an element of that organization which has been sent to a new location in order to maintain continuity of control during relocation(s) of that organization.
2. In land operations, the element of an organization which is sent to carry out a step-up procedure.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

step-up - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" increase change of magnitude - the act of changing the amount or size of something addition - the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years" advance, rise - increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" appreciation - an increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate" surge, upsurge - a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" augmentation - the act of augmenting amplification - (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current enlargement, expansion - the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope escalation - an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities" maximation, maximisation, maximization - the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position exaggeration - the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" expanding upon, expansion - adding information or detail accrual, accruement, accumulation - the act of accumulating inclusion - the act of including aggrandisement, aggrandizement, elevation - the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" strengthening - the act of increasing the strength of something intensification - action that makes something stronger or more extreme intensification - the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film) split up, stock split, split - an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"

Translations

step-up [ˈstepʌp] N (= increase) (in production, sales) → aumento m; (in campaign, attempts, efforts) → intensificación f

step-up

n (inf: = increase) → Anstieg m, → Zunahme f (→ in +gen)

adj (Elec) → herauftransformierend;