GRADATION
\ɡɹadˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɡɹadˈeɪʃən], \ɡ_ɹ_a_d_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of GRADATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes.
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The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
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Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
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A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing.
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A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
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To form with gradations.
By Oddity Software
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The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes.
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The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
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Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
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A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing.
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A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
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To form with gradations.
By Noah Webster.
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Arrangement or progress by degrees.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Ascension, progression, or arrangement step by step in regular order; regular arrangement, as in the gradual blending of one tint into another; a diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A regular advance from one degree or state to another; regular progress step by step; order; series.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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