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US
/ɡɹeɪˈdeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ɡɹædˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹædˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of arranging in grades
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relative position in a graded series
always a step behind
keep in step with the fashions
subtle gradations in color - a degree of ablaut
How To Use gradation In A Sentence
- And while Annie inflicts humiliation and degradation and withholds pain relief and food Paul is forced to write a new chapter every day simply to stay alive.
- Chemical photography can capture many more subtleties and gradations of colour and shade than digital.
- That is damaging to native fish life and plant life, and contributes to the degradation of fresh waters.
- In a few short but intense years we began to atone for centuries of environmental degradation.
- Test your different textiles for color fastness and degradation to long-term ultraviolet exposure.
- The singing, so difficult to bear for many listeners, never settles into a particular pitch, remaining agonisedly in motion; Jandek presents us with a voice in extremity, and an endless quarrying of pain and related states, in which infinite gradations of suffering are allowed to differentiate themselves. Archive 2007-10-01
- The PMD-induced pulse broadening may cause degradation of receiver sensitivity and has negative effects on the power spectrum of received signals.
- State records indicate there is considerable groundwater degradation at the site, and that high levels of arsenic and antimony have been recorded.
- I get a yellow tint to my grayscale gradations (mainly in the lighter areas).
- Neem oil is nondrying, and it resists degradation better than most vegetable oils. 8 Industrial Products