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[ adjective ] one thing at a time

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

Abelson and Rawson , using a stepwise elution scheme , fractionated whole sera containing ABO and Rh_antibodies on diethylaminoethyl DEAE_cellulose and carboxymethyl_cellulose .

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

A study of their activity on thyroglobulin has shown that thyroxine is not preferentially released and that the degradation proceeds stepwise with the formation of macromolecular intermediates ( Alpers , Petermann and Rall , 1956 ) .

Related terms

gradual

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[ adverb ] proceeding in steps

Synonyms

step_by_step

Examples

"the voltage was increased stepwise"

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