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Common meanings

* Steps, making a staircase *
Walking Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults o ...
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Dance move Dance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each ...
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Military step Military step or march is a regular, ordered and synchronized walking of military formations. History The steady, regular marching step was a marked feature of Roman legions. Vegetius, the author of the only surviving treatise on the Roman Empi ...
, or march **
Marching Marching refers to the organized, uniformed, steady walking forward in either rhythmic or route-step time; and, typically, it refers to overland movements on foot of military troops and units under field orders. Marching is often performed t ...


Arts


Films and television

* ''Steps'' (TV series), Hong Kong * ''Step'' (film), US, 2017


Literature

* ''Steps'' (novel), by Jerzy Kosinski *
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) is a parent education program published as a series of books. STEP was developed and published by the psychologists Don Dinkmeyer Sr., Gary D. McKay and Don Dinkmeyer Jr. The publication was suppl ...
, a book series


Music

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Step (music) In music, a step, or conjunct motion,Bonds, Mark Evan (2006). ''A History of Music in Western Culture'', p.123. 2nd ed. . is the difference in pitch between two consecutive notes of a musical scale. In other words, it is the interval between ...
, pitch change *
Steps (pop group) Steps are a British dance-pop group consisting of Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Ian "H" Watkins. Steps were formed in May 1997 and achieved a series of charting singles between 1997 and 2001 including two ...
, UK * ''Step'' (Kara album), 2011, South Korea ** "Step" (Kara song) * ''Step'' (Meg album), 2007, Japan * "Step" (Vampire Weekend song) * "Step" (ClariS song)


Organizations

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Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) was founded by George Tasker in 1991 and is the international professional body for advisers who specialise in inheritance and succession planning. Its members are mainly solicitors, barrister ...
, international professional body for advisers who specialise in inheritance and succession planning *
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy The United States National Academy of Sciences' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) is a board of the United States National Academy of Sciences. The mandate of the Board is to integrate understanding of scientific, technolog ...
of the U.S. National Academies * Solving the E-waste Problem, a UN organization


Science, technology, and mathematics

* Step (software), a physics simulator in KDE *
Step function In mathematics, a function on the real numbers is called a step function if it can be written as a finite linear combination of indicator functions of intervals. Informally speaking, a step function is a piecewise constant function having only ...
, in mathematics *
Striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 5 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''PTPN5'' gene. Protein tyrosine phosphatase ( PTP), non-receptor type 5, also known as STEP (STriatal-Enriched protein tyrosine Phosphatase), was the f ...
, an enzyme *
Serial transverse enteroplasty Serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) is a surgical procedure used primarily in the treatment of short bowel syndrome (SBS). In STEP, by making cuts in the intestine and creating a zigzag pattern, surgeons lengthen the amount of bowel available to ...
, a surgical procedure *
Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) is a spherical tokamak fusion plant concept proposed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and funded by UK government. The project is a proposed DEMO-class successor device to the ITER tokamak ...
, a UK nuclear fusion project *
STEP (satellite) The Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) is a proposed () space science experiment to test the equivalence principle of general relativity. The experiment is thought to be sensitive enough to test Einstein's theory of gravity and other ...
, to test general relativity *
STEP Library STEP (Standard Template for Electronic Publishing) is a standard file format used to distribute Biblical software from various publishers. STEP was conceived in 1995 by Craig Rairdin of Parsons Technology and Jim VanDuzer of Loizeaux Brothers Publ ...
, a Bible software format *
ISO 10303 ISO 10303 is an ISO standard for the computer-interpretable representation and exchange of product manufacturing information. It is an ASCII-based format. Its official title is: ''Automation systems and integration — Product data representa ...
(.STEP), a CAD data-exchange file format standard *
Sustainable Transport Energy for Perth The Fuel Cell Bus Club comprised the participants of the projects CUTE (2001-2006), ECTOS (2001-2005) and STEP (2001-2005) which were pioneering demonstration projects for fuel cell bus fleets in Europe and Australia. The projects have been succes ...
, a fuel cell bus program in Western Australia *
Staggered extension process The staggered extension process (also referred to as StEP) is a common technique used in biotechnology and molecular biology to create new, mutated genes with qualities of one or more initial genes. The technique itself is a modified polymerase cha ...
, in molecular biology


Rural localities


Belarus

* Step, Gomel Region, a settlement


Russia

* Step, Belgorod Oblast, a khutor * Step, Gostomlyansky Selsoviet, Medvensky District, Kursk Oblast, a khutor * Step (khutor), Vyshnereutchansky Selsoviet, Medvensky District, Kursk Oblast, a khutor * Step (selo), Vyshnereutchansky Selsoviet, Medvensky District, Kursk Oblast, a selo * Step, Ponyrovsky District, Kursk Oblast, a village * Step, Zolotukhinsky District, Kursk Oblast, a khutor * Step, Zabaykalsky Krai, a settlement


Ukraine

* Step, Borzna Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, a selo * Step, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, a selo * Step, Talalaivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, a selo * Step, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a selo * Step, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, a selo


Other uses

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Edward Step Edward Step FLS (11 November 1855 – 1931) was the author of many popular and specialist books on various aspects of nature. His many works on botany, zoology and mycology were published between 1894 and (posthumously) 1941. Some of his books o ...
(1855–1931), nature writer *
Step (unit) A step ( la, gradus,  ') was a Roman unit of length equal to 2½ Roman feet (') or ½ Roman pace ('). Following its standardization under Agrippa, one step was roughly equivalent to . The Byzantine pace ( grc-gre, βήμα, ''bḗma' ...
, a Roman unit of length * Step (air base), Chita, Russia *
Step aerobics Step aerobics, also known as bench aerobics and step training, is a form of aerobic exercise that involves stepping on and off a small platform. Step aerobics was studied by physiologists in the 1980s, and in 1990 it swiftly grew in popularity in ...
* Step dance, a style *
Stepfamily A stepfamily is a family where at least one parent has children that are not biologically related to their spouse. Either parent, or both, may have children from previous relationships or marriages. Two known classifications for stepfamilies i ...
, with a stepmother or stepfather * STEP (company), Belgium * STEP Bible, a Bible study tool * Sixth Term Examination Paper, UK *
Smart Traveler Enrollment Program The Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is a service of the U.S. Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the count ...
, for US travelers


See also

* * Stepping (disambiguation) *
Steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the temperate grasslands, ...
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Footstep (disambiguation) Footstep or Footsteps may refer to: Music * "Footsteps" (Steve Lawrence song), 1960 * “Footsteps”, a 1983 song by The Motels * "Footsteps" (Pop Evil song), 2015 * "Footsteps" (Dardanelles song), 2007 * “Footsteps” (Pearl Jam song), ...
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