A flight of stairs; a stairway.
Used in a Sentence
staircase
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for staircase.
Editorial note
For reasons that aren't obvious to me, pressing any arrow key while on top of either an up or down staircase will result in taking the staircase.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A flight of stairs; a stairway.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of staircase gathered in one view.
A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for staircase.
noun
A flight of stairs; a stairway.
noun
A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
noun
A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
verb
(transitive) To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps.
Example sentences
For reasons that aren't obvious to me, pressing any arrow key while on top of either an up or down staircase will result in taking the staircase.
The idea is that the noise added by the staircase effect will be high-frequency, and can be filtered out by removing frequencies above the nyquist rate.
At that office, there is a beautiful staircase that spirals around the middle of an open central area.
The entrances were fairly small: just a triangle structure with a door and a staircase going down.
These changes are on par with Apple choosing to make a glass staircase in their stores.
It defines the building in very broad terms - where the walls go, where there's a staircase, and so on.
Again, this is not to say it's the end goal, just a step on the staircase to a JS framework.
By the end of the staircase, you will know the number of stairs modulo ten.
If all they see is some monks climbing an infinite staircase then yeah - that's going to seem gimmicky and boring.
You can still walk on the adjacent staircase or use a traditional elevator.
One recommendation to wildbit, though - that staircase with the neon-green diagonal lines may make some people nauseous as they walk down it.
Even as small as a staircase seemed way smaller when getting down.
Quote examples
> "Rejected: a staircase joining the underpass to the central hallway." I always felt like there should have been a staircase there.
And the professor said: "Climb up one step" (on a staircase).
The "staircase" will be the same as under Bresenham's.
For example: The suggestion that an ISI liaison traveling on the helicopter with the Americans "guided them into the darkened house and up a staircase to bin Laden’s quarters" is ludicrous.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use staircase in a sentence?
For reasons that aren't obvious to me, pressing any arrow key while on top of either an up or down staircase will result in taking the staircase.
What does staircase mean?
A flight of stairs; a stairway.
What part of speech is staircase?
staircase is commonly used as noun, verb.