Gradations Synonyms

A slight variation between nearly identical entities
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shades
  2. nuances
Relative position in a graded series
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. grades
  2. scales
  3. tints
  4. tinges
  5. stages
  6. steps
  7. shades
  8. hues
The act of arranging in grades
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. graduations
A gradual or barely perceptible change from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nuances

Gradations Sentence Examples

  • He recognizes gradations of things according to the degree of complexity of their movements and that of their conceptions.

  • The observation of the gradations of structure, from extreme simplicity to very great complexity, presented by living things, and of the relation of these graduated forms to one another.

  • In the then state of knowledge, it appeared that all the species of animals and plants could be arranged in one series, in such a manner that, by insensible gradations, the mineral passed into the plant, the plant into the polype, the polype into the worm, and so, through gradually higher forms of life, to man, at the summit of the animated world.

  • Amitosis is probably connected by a series of intermediate gradations with karyokinesis.

  • The people have strict notions of etiquette and gradations of rank.

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