Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.

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Stump :: Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder..
Theatre :: Theatre (n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
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..
Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
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..
Fine :: Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually..
Polymorphism :: Polymorphism (n.) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents..
Abjection :: Abjection (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
Gradational :: Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
Self-degradation :: Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement..
Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Drawplate :: Drawplate (n.) A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated..
Scale :: Scale (n.) Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
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