Definition of gradation

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

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Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..
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..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
Baseness :: Baseness (n.) The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
Gradational :: Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
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..
Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form..
Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
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..
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..
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..
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop..
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Wretch :: Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch..
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