GRADATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster A violin or a voice can produce gradations of musical pitch too small to appear in written music In the 18th century Jonathan Swift could even write of "the several kinds and gradations of laughter, which ladies must daily practice by the looking-glass"
GRADATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Gradation definition: any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner See examples of GRADATION used in a sentence
Gradation - definition of gradation by The Free Dictionary n 1 a A series of gradual, successive stages or degrees: the gradation of ranks in the army b One of these stages or degrees: social gradations 2 A gradual or barely perceptible change from one tone or shade, as of color, to another See Synonyms at nuance 3 The act of gradating or arranging in grades 4 Linguistics See ablaut
gradation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary gradation (countable and uncountable, plural gradations) A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression A decade ago, the British department-store chain John Lewis built itself a long warehouse, painted in gradations of sky blue The act of gradating or arranging in grades 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening […],
gradation | meaning of gradation in Longman Dictionary of . . . From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English gra‧da‧tion ɡrəˈdeɪʃən noun [countable] formal a small change or difference between points on a scale There are many gradations of colour between light and dark blue