Home › Words › M › microstepmicrostepmicrostep means A very small step (typically made by a stepping motor).EtymologyFrom micro- + step.nounA very small step (typically made by a stepping motor)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.microstepper 81% match — A stepping motor capable of making microsteps vs microstep →microstepping 77% match — That makes microsteps vs microstep →substep 69% match — Any smaller element of a step in a procedure. vs microstep →macrostep 68% match — A relatively large steplike deformation in the structure of a crystal. vs microstep →stepsize 65% match — The size of a step. vs microstep →metastep 62% match — A step of a metadynamics simulation vs microstep →microincrement 61% match — A very small increment vs microstep →micromovement 61% match — A microscopic movement. vs microstep →