gradation
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6.8
- noun
- /ɡreɪˈdeɪʃən/
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variación
- A five-point scale allows for finer gradations between performances.
- gradations of color
- fine gradations
- gradation of rank
It seems that there are, uh, gradations of belief now.
- It seems that there are, uh, gradations of belief now.
- So there has to be gradations of how mimetic certain desires are that we have.
- Or gradus, these are, you could say, gradations or stages, whatever you want to translate them as.
- So he tells us that in the one law as in the other, there are differences and gradations.
- I spend the day gathering paper images of a woman's face into low mounds for wolves, static gradations across the snow field.
- Struck a little too close to home to something we people in publishing and all gradations of publishing but especially the trade, grapple with every day.
- And then everything else is gradations in between, and the human being is set in between those in some respect.
Examples
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And with sfumato, he created subtle gradations between colors that softened the edges of the forms he depicted.
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Again, remember, these are sort of gradations rather than just simple stopping points.
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There should be a gradation of difficulty, both within an individual problem and from one problem to the next.
Academic text (1993) -
Accordingly, there was a lack of gradation in the curriculum, which made it difficult to master the language.
Academic text (1994) -
We opted to keep the gradations of affect as basic as possible.
Academic text (2000) -
The contours and gradations of the face should be presented completely.
Academic text (1995) -
The tonal gradations create the illusion of depth and/or separate the elements in the picture.
Academic text (1994) -
Many of the recuperated businesses follow an ethic of equal distribution among all members, without gradations for position or seniority.
Academic text (2008) -
Nuance thrived there, and the gradations by which people measured one another were infinitely subtle.
Fiction book (1999) -
The artist skillfully used gradation to transition between the different shades of blue in her painting.
Synonyms
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1.0
An action taken as one stage in a process
449
3.7
A period of change from one state or stage to another
A gradual change between two colors or shades so no edge shows
A slow blending with no clear line where one thing changes into another, like colors
Slow change that happens in small stages over time
Slow way of changing that happens in small steps
A stage in a process, for example in training or study
Antonyms
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gradation comes from the Latin root grad- meaning 'step', which you can also find in grade and graduate. Painters or writers use gradations when something changes by small 'steps' or stages, like shades of color or levels of responsibility, and that is why the word means a smooth series of changes.