Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) 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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Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.
Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form..
Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes..
Degenerationist :: Degenerationist (n.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state..
Fine :: Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
Mode :: Mode (n.) Variety; gradation; degree.
Self-degradation :: Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded..
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..
Gradation :: Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.
Trimorphism :: Trimorphism (n.) The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism..
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