Definition of gradation

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

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Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
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..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop..
Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Gradational :: Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form..
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
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..
Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
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..
Fine :: Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually..
Abjection :: Abjection (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Self-degradation :: Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded..
Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.
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..
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