Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.

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Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
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..
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..
Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..
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..
Wretch :: Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..
Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
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..
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..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
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..
Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual..
Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Baseness :: Baseness (n.) The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..
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