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step function

noun

Definition of step function 

: a mathematical function of a single real variable that remains constant within each of a series of adjacent intervals but changes in value from one interval to the next

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 Tilden said the company's earnings are under pressure from step function cost increases along with competitors adding capacity in Alaska's markets — primarily Delta Air Lines out of Seattle. — Author: Elwood Brehmer, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska Air Group nets $1 billion in 2017 as Virgin integration continues," 4 Feb. 2018

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circa 1929, in the meaning defined above

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