English
smoothstepsmoothstep
From smooth + step.
A compound of smooth + step
Proto-West Germanic *smanþī ‘flat’
Old English smēþe
Middle English smothe
English smooth
Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘to support’
Proto-Germanic *stapjaną ‘to step’
Proto-West Germanic *stappjan ‘to step’
Old English steppan ‘to step’
Middle English steppen ‘to step’
English step
Today it means
noun A family of sigmoid-like interpolation and clamping functions commonly used in computer graphics and game engines.
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Etymograph / smoothstep
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