gradational
- adjective
- /ɡrəˈdeɪʃənl/
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gradual
- In the landscaping project, they designed a gradational path that gently slopes upward.
Examples
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If true history is continuous and gradational, but only one step in a thousand is preserved as geological evidence, then a truly gradual sequence becomes a series of abrupt transitions.
Academic text (1992) -
Eusebius recounts a progression of holy precincts that increase in sacrality as one nears the church altar, a gradational formula of sacred space corresponding to the one developed in the Jerusalem Temple.
Academic text (1992) -
These gradational steps create different "zones" in the house, such that the children's bedrooms are removed from the master bedroom, or that the center of the house is lined off as an exclusive "family room."
Blog text (23) -
The extent of differences in the proportion of the cerebrum in the different varieties of mankind is small, and with such slight gradational steps as to mark the unity of the human family in a striking manner.
Academic text (1995) -
The artist used a gradational approach to blend the colors smoothly from light to dark.
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Her recovery was a gradational process, improving a little more each day.
Synonyms
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Happening slowly and steadily, not suddenly
Happening in small steps over time
Continuing to change or develop slowly over time
Arranged in levels that go up by small amounts
Supporting slow change over time as an explanation for development
Showing a gradual change in a feature from one place to another
Antonyms
How Gradual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gradational comes from the root grad meaning 'step' or 'degree', the same root you see in grade and graduate. So a gradational change happens in small steps or stages instead of all at once.