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devil's staircase

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

A waterfall in Wassen Creek, Devil’s Staircase Wilderness, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States; a multi-tiered low cascading waterfall.

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Meaning 2

Ellipsis of Devil's Staircase Wilderness: a geographic region of Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States, ; a protected 30,000 acre old-growth forest region in the national forest, containing the Devil's Staircase waterfall.

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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of Cantor function; a type of monotonic increasing function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Synonyms: Cantor function

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