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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant: increase, step-up]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1922 a decrease or reduction in size or amount <a step-down in dosage>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Step-down Step"-down`, a. (Elec.) Transforming or converting a current of high potential or pressure into one of low pressure; as, a step-down transformer.





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