stagelike

== English == === Etymology === From stage + -like. === Adjective === stagelike (comparative more stagelike, superlative most stagelike) Resembling or characteristic of a stage (setting where a dramatic work is performed). (sciences) proceeding through discrete stages; often used of developmental processes. 1997, Bonatti et al., "Precis of beyond modularity," Behavioral and Brain Science 20(2), 351-360 "Contra Piaget, I argue that:(1) development rarely involves stagelike domain-general change." ==== See also ==== stepwise quantum