Definition of "gradation"

gradation

/ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural gradations
1. A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
2. A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
  Quotations
  A decade ago, the British department-store chain John Lewis built itself a long warehouse, painted in gradations of sky blue.
  2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎
3. The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
4. Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
  Quotations
  the several gradations of the intelligent universe
  1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball
  Two distinct types of lupus erythematosus are recognized: chronic or discoid, which is essentially a skin lesion, and severe systemic, designated as acute. Between the two types are many gradations to which the term subacute has been applied.
  1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 96
5. (countable) A calibration marking.
6. (music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
7. (music) A diatonic succession of chords.
8. (phonetics) Ablaut.
verb
third-person singular simple present gradations, present participle gradationing, simple past and past participle gradationed
1. (transitive) To form with gradations.

Definition of "gradation"

gradation

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