backstep

Meanings

Noun

• A step backwards
• An abrupt subsidence or change in deposition preserved in the sedimentary record due to a marine transgression.
• Flow over a backward-facing step.
• The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details.
• A platform at the rear of a firetruck where a firefighter can stand.

Verb

• To take a step backwards
• To return to a previous place or time.
• To retract or take back.
• To be arranged in steps going backwards.
• To recede in an abrupt fashion due to marine transgression.
• To finish a specification that was initially incomplete once enough progress has been made to know all the details.

Origin

• back + step