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gradation: see ablaut ablaut (äp`lout) [Ger.,=off-sound], in inflection , vowel variation (as in English sing, sang, sung, song ..... Click the link for more information. . gradation 1. (in painting, drawing, or sculpture) transition from one colour, tone, or surface to another through a series of very slight changes 2. Geology the natural levelling of land as a result of the building up or wearing down of pre-existing formations gradation [grā′dā·shən] (geology) The leveling of the land, or the bringing of a land surface or area to a uniform or nearly uniform grade or slope through erosion, transportation, and deposition. Specifically, the bringing of a stream bed to a slope at which the water is just able to transport the material delivered to it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm, and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. Surely I have now got down to the lowest gradation in Arthur's affection, and discovered all the evils of his nature: if there be any further change, it must be for the better, as we become still more accustomed to each other; surely we shall find no lower depth than this. She threw herself into my arms the very first day, and I almost owed her a grudge for having deprived me of that pleasure of gradation, of carrying the defences, one by one, which is almost as great as that of entering the place. |
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