Dictionary
lock•step
Pronunciation: (lok'step"), [key]—
n.
1. a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
2. a rigidly inflexible pattern or process.
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adj.
rigidly inflexible:
a lockstep educational curriculum. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.