Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

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Fine :: Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually..
Epiploce :: Epiploce (n.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them..
Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Wretch :: Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch..
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..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Gradation :: Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.
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..
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..
Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
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..
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
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