backstepping

English

Etymology

From back +‎ stepping.

Noun

backstepping (uncountable)

  1. (control theory) A technique for designing stabilizing controls for a special recursive class of nonlinear dynamical systems.
  2. (geology) A gradual backward movement of organisms or a sedimentary environment caused by changes in environmental factors.
    • 2009 April 16, Andrew C. Revkin, “Coral Fossils Suggest That Sea Level Can Rise Rapidly”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 August 2025:
      Once the sea level stabilized again, the same group of corals grew once more, but farther inshore and up to 10 feet higher in elevation, a process known to geologists as backstepping.

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