gradation
IPA: greɪdˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
- A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
- The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
- Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
- (countable) A calibration marking.
- (music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
- (music) A diatonic succession of chords.
- (phonetics) Ablaut.
verb
- (transitive) To form with gradations.
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Examples of "gradation" in Sentences
- It's a gradation or a continuum.
- There is a gradation of objectivity.
- This makes it sound like a gradation.
- The contact between the two is gradational.
- At the moment, there's no gradation for admins.
- The image gradation of the mammogram is processed.
- Leave the fine gradations for the body of the article.
- The first of these is the presence of consonant gradation.
- In linguistics, a cline is a scale of continuous gradation.
- In linguistics, a 'cline' is a scale of continuous gradation.
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