- any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- a stage, degree, or grade in such a series.
- the passing of one tint or shade of color to another, or one surface to another, by very small degrees, as in painting or sculpture.
- the act of grading.
- ablaut.
- the leveling of a land surface, resulting from the concerted action of erosion and deposition.
- a series of systematic stages; gradual progression
- a stage or degree in such a series or progression
- the act or process of arranging or forming in stages, grades, etc, or of progressing evenly
- (in painting, drawing, or sculpture) transition from one colour, tone, or surface to another through a series of very slight changes
- any change in the quality or length of a vowel within a word indicating certain distinctions, such as inflectional or tense differentiations
- the natural levelling of land as a result of the building up or wearing down of pre-existing formations
