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gradation noun class, classification, continuity, course, degree, differential, grade, gradual addance, gradualism, graduation, hierarchy, intensity, order, rank, rate, regular progression, sequence, step, succession, series, stage, standard, variation See also: arrangement, array, chain, class, classification, degree, differential, distribution, hierarchy, order, sequence, step 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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| By definition, however, classes are horizontal and gradational, inevitably layered with one small rich, privileged class at the top with all others beneath in descending order of wealth and power. Change as a mode of being and the de-solidification of the physical world goes beyond locomotive and positional movement, and underscores the dynamism of the world-picture envisaged by Sadra's gradational ontology. For the past several years, he has initially painted his surfaces with gradational bands of color, typically numbering from four to eight, progressing either from the lightest to the darkest values of a given hue or through a sequence of hues all of the same value. |
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