gradation
verbEtymology Borrowed from French gradation. By surface analysis, grade + -ation.
1
To form with gradations.
- Related terms
- graduation
gradation
nounUK /ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/ · US /ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from French gradation. By surface analysis, grade + -ation.
8 senses
- 1A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic…
- 2A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of…
- 3The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
- 4Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
- 5A calibration marking.
- 6A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping…
- 7A diatonic succession of chords.
- 8Ablaut.
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.
- 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.
- the several gradations of the intelligent universe1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
- Two distinct types of lupus erythematosus are recognized: [1] chronic or discoid, which is essentially a skin lesion, and [2] 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
A calibration marking.
6
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
7
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A diatonic succession of chords.
8
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Ablaut.
- Derived terms
- consonant gradation, gradate, gradational, intergradation, progradation