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Another word for gradation

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Noun

  1. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment

      1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
      2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
      3. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
      1. To apply a trace of color to; tint.
      2. To affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality:
      3. A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
      1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
      2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays:
      3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
      1. The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light.
      2. A particular gradation of color; a shade or tint.
      3. Color:
    See also:

    colors

  2. A slight variation between nearly identical entities

      1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
      2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays:
      3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
      1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
      2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone:
      3. To treat or consider with nuance; give nuances to:
    See also:

    big

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Another word for gradation

Noun
      1. One of the many small hard dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes and reptiles and certain mammals, such as pangolins.
      2. A similar part in other animals, such as one of the thin flat overlapping structures that cover the wings of butterflies and moths.
      3. A small, thin, often flattened plant structure, such as one of the modified leaves that cover a tree bud or one of the structures that contain the reproductive organs on the cones of a conifer.
      1. A raised and level floor or platform.
      2. A raised platform on which theatrical performances are presented.
      3. An area in which actors perform.
      1. The single complete movement of raising one foot and putting it down in another spot, as in walking.
      2. A manner of walking; a particular gait.
      3. A fixed rhythm or pace, as in marching:
    See also:

    degree

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Sentence Examples

  • The physical properties of the alcohols exhibit a gradation with the increase of molecular weight.

  • The meaning of this singular contrast between the two animals may be that we have here an instance of an interesting gradation in evolution.

  • He does not accept the universal voluntarism of Schopenhauer and Hartmann, but believes in individual wills, and a gradation of wills, in the organic world.

  • From this there is a more or less nearly complete gradation on the one hand to palecoloured forms like the white-footed fox (V.

  • We find a division of social ranks which reminds us of the threefold gradation of Lower Germany (edelings, frilings, lazzen - eorls, ceorls, laets), and not of the twofold Frankish one (ingenui Franci, Romani), nor of the minute differentiation of the Upper Germans and Lombards.

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