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   gradation

   /ɡrəˈdeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a scale or series of successive changes, stages, or degrees: "the Act fails to provide both a clear and defensible gradation of offences" Similar rangescalegamutspectrumsweepcompassspanprogressionsequencesuccessionseriesvarietyhierarchyladderrankingpecking orderlevelrankpositionstandingstatusstationdegreegradestagestandardechelonrungpointmarkstepnotchclassstratumgroupgroupingsetclassification
   • ▪ an individual stage within a succession of changes, stages, or degrees: "gradations of size"
   • ▪ a minute variation in shade, tone, or colour: "amorphous shapes in subtle gradations of green and blue"
   • 2. (in historical linguistics) another term for ablaut

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin gradatio(n-), based on gradus ‘step’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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