gradation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gradation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/, /ˌɡɹeɪˈdeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gradation (countable and uncountable, plural gradations)

1. A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
2. A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.

   Synonym: nuance

   • 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A decade ago, the British department-store chain John Lewis built itself a long warehouse, painted in gradations of sky blue.

3. The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
4. Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
   • (Can we date this quote by I. Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the several gradations of the intelligent universe

5. (countable) A calibration marking.
6. (music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
7. (music) A diatonic succession of chords.
8. (phonetics) Apophony.

Translations

a sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression

• Bulgarian: градация (bg) f (gradacija), степенуване (bg) n (stepenuvane)
• Finnish: porrastus (fi)
• German: Abstufung (de) f
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• Portuguese: gradação (pt) f
• Romanian: gradare (ro) f
• Russian: после́довательность (ru) (poslédovatelʹnostʹ)

a passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another

• Bulgarian: градация (bg) f (gradacija)
• Finnish: liukuväri
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• Russian: перехо́д (ru) (perexód)

the act of gradating or arranging in grades

• Bulgarian: градация (bg) f (gradacija)
• Finnish: porrastaminen (fi)
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• Romanian: gradare (ro) f

a calibration marking

• Bulgarian: градуировка f (graduirovka)
• Finnish: mittaviiva
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• Romanian: gradație (ro) f

in music: A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound

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apophony — see apophony

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} gradatie (nl) f
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Verb

gradation (third-person singular simple present gradations, present participle gradationing, simple past and past participle gradationed)

1. (transitive) To form with gradations.

See also

• graduation

References

• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. →ISBN.

Anagrams

• adorating, indagator, tanagroid

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gradātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.da.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

gradation f (plural gradations)

1. gradation

Usage notes

Not to be confused with graduation.

References

• “gradation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.