Definition of gradation

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Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..

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Wretch :: Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch..
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..
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Gradation :: Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..
Fine :: Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually..
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..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
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..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
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