Definition of gradation

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

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Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement..
Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
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..
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..
Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..
Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..
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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
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..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
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..
Mode :: Mode (n.) Variety; gradation; degree.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..
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..
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