advancing step by step
1step|ping stone — «STEHP ihng», 1. a stone or one of a line of stones in shallow water, a marshy place, or the like, used in crossing. 2. a stone for use in mounting or ascending. 3. Figurative. anything serving as a means of advancing or rising: »Students from… …
2Oblique step — Oblique Ob*lique , a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob }) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr. le chrios slanting.] [Written also {oblike}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from,… …
3goose step — 1. a marching step of some infantries in which the legs are swung high and kept straight and stiff. 2. a military exercise in which the body is balanced on one foot, without advancing, while the other foot is swung forward and back. [1800 10] * * …
4oblique step — noun a step in marching, by which a soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25 degrees …
5fast-step|ping — «FAST STEHP ihng, FAHST », adjective. rapidly advancing; swift: »a fast stepping horse …
6Productivity — in economics refers to measures of output from production processes, per unit of input. Labor productivity, for example, is typically measured as a ratio of output per labor hour, an input. Productivity may be conceived of as a measure of the… …
7Battle of Cúcuta — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Cúcuta caption= partof=Independence of Colombia date=February 28 of 1813 place=Cúcuta, Colombia result=It is less importantly a military victory than a symbolic one that eventually led to Bolivar s… …
8gra|da|tion — «gray DAY shuhn», noun. 1. a) a change by steps or stages; gradual change: »Our acts show gradation between right and wrong. She sometimes contemplated a little sorrowfully the gradation from her former simplicity to her present sophistication.… …
9Gradual — Grad u*al ; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf. {Gradual}, n.] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a …
10Five Points, Manhattan — Five Points intersection painted by George Catlin in 1827; the triangular building in the center is located on what would be known as Paradise Square , Anthony Street veers off on right, Cross Street on the left and Orange Street runs left to… …
