Definition of gradation

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

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Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..
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..
Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Self-degradation :: Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded..
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..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
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..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..
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.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
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..
Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Remove :: Remove (n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year..
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