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gra·da·tion

 (grā-dā′shən)
n.
1.
a. A series of gradual, successive stages or degrees: the gradation of ranks in the army.
b. One of these stages or degrees: social gradations.
2. A gradual or barely perceptible change from one tone or shade, as of color, to another. See Synonyms at nuance.
3. The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
4. Linguistics See ablaut.
[Latin gradātiō, gradātiōn-, from gradus, step; see grade.]
gra·da′tion·al adj.
gra·da′tion·al·ly adv.
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Adj.1.gradational - taking place by degrees
gradatory, graduated
gradual - proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"
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gradational

adjective
Proceeding very slowly by degrees:
gradual, piecemeal, step-by-step.
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While error rates were low, of purported errors in Level II forest classifications, all were between Mixed and the other two forest classes, meaning they could be due to only subtle gradational differences in forest composition and its interpretation.
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Visually, such papers are less white; that is, they possess yellowish hue, leading to gradational distortions of printed images, visible in daylight.
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Volcanic rocks become abundant up-section in the Oak Bay Formation and the contact with the overlying Waweig Formation, a sequence of moderately dipping, light pink, fossiliferous, fine-grained sandstone and siltstone interbedded with felsic and lesser mafic tuffs, is gradational (Fyffe et al.
Geological relationships and laser ablation ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of the Saint George Batholith, southwestern New Brunswick, Canada: implications for its tectonomagmatic evolution
The mutual complementarity of several layers is a natural driving force of the gradational pull of the A section.
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The Hangu Formation has a conformable contact with the overlying Lockhart Formation while the Lockhart Limestone has a gradational contact with the shale of the Patala Formation.
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