Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.

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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..
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..
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Mode :: Mode (n.) Variety; gradation; degree.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Fine :: Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually..
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.
Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
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..
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 act of retrograding, or moving backward..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
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