Gradual definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GRAD'UAL,a. Proceeding by ... from one step to another; regular and slow; as a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual increase of light in the morning is favorable to the ... by degrees in a descending line or progress; as a gradual decline. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices" [ant: sudden] 2: (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope" [ant: steep] n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) an ...
... periphery of a circle, or other curve, is such a gradual approach of the circumference to rectitude, as that its parts ... more complex, or better state ; growth (2) a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance d. something ... noun • evolutionist noun or adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 gradual development, esp. from a simple to a more complex form ... acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development. (b) That ... s Cobuild Dictionary (evolutions) 1. Evolution is a process of gradual change that takes place over many generations, during which species ... and animals. ...human evolution. 2. Evolution is a process of gradual development in a particular situation or thing over a ...
... diminution] 2: a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state [syn: decline, declination] [ant: improvement, melioration] 3: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: decay, decline ... Date: 14th century 1. the process of declining: a. a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away b. a change ... decrease in price etc. 8 tr. bend down. --n. 1 gradual loss of vigour or excellence (on the decline). 2 decay ... in violence; as, the decline of a fever. 3. A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting ... decline is often used as synonymous with consumption. By a gradual decline, states and communities lose their strength and vigor; ...
... doth ever make better the fool. DECA'Y, n. 1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or any species of ... n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior 2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: decay, decline ... the ham from spoiling >. II. noun Date: 15th century 1. gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of ... a substance etc.) undergo change by radioactivity. b undergo a gradual decrease in magnitude of a physical quantity. --n. 1 a ... Shak. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Decay De*cay", n. 1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species ... matter, and its derived sense, denoting any deterioration, decline or gradual failure, the Revised Version (British and American) has replaced ...
... adj 1: gradually increasing in volume n 1: (music) a gradual increase in loudness v 1: grow louder; "The music crescendoes ... to grow, increase, from Latin Date: 1775 1. a. a gradual increase; specifically a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage b. the peak of a gradual increase ; climax < complaints about stifling smog conditions reach a crescendo ... reached a crescendo then died away). --adv. & adj. with a gradual increase in loudness. --v.intr. (-oes, -oed) increase gradually in ... 1913 Dictionary Crescendo Cres*cen"do, n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with ...
... d. low, gentle < slow fire > 4. requiring a long time ; gradual < a slow recovery > 5. having qualities that hinder rapid progress ... not quick; acting or moving or done without speed. 2 gradual; obtained over a length of time (slow growth). 3 not ... a slow motion. 2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Moderate, deliberate. 2. Gradual. 3. Dull, heavy, dead, inert, inactive. 4. Tardy, behindhand. 5 ... feebleminded, flagging, flat, foot-dragging, gentle, gently, good-for-nothing, gradual, gross-headed, grudging, half-witted, halting, haltingly, hasteless, heavy, hebetudinous ...
... account of man's appearance on a prepared platform--a gradual rise in the scale of organized existence from chaos upward ... seem to exist between the various kingdoms in Nature. A gradual transition from the inorganic to the organic, from the vegetable ... of the curves of a skull-outline to prove the gradual transition from the skull of a monkey to that of ... an entirely new being, not brought about by slow and gradual ascent from a simian ancestry. He may have been introduced ... humanized ape, rising into true manhood by a slow and gradual process; nor need we picture him either as a savage ...
... 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual [syn: gradualness, gentleness] [ant: abruptness, precipitousness, steepness] 2: the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages [syn: graduality, gradualness] Merriam Webster's noun see gradual II Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gradualness Grad"u*al*ness, n. The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness. The gradualness of this movement ...
... and powers of life. DECREASE, n. 1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as a decrease of revenue; a decrease of strength. 2. The wane of the moon; the gradual diminution of the visible face of the moon from the ... decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v.] 1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength ... away, fall off, falling off, file away, fix, gradational, grade, gradual, graduate, graduated, hierarchic, hourglass, hourglass figure, impair, impairment, impoverishment, increase ...
... away by the action of water and wind 3: a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an ... corrosion; canker. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. Erosion is the gradual destruction and removal of rock or soil in a particular ... of a person's authority, rights, or confidence is the gradual destruction or removal of them. ...the erosion of confidence in ... 3. The erosion of support, values, or money is a gradual decrease in its level or standard. ...the erosion of moral ...
... is carried away [syn: drain, drainpipe, waste pipe] 4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a ... completely < drained all the water out > b. to cause the gradual disappearance of < drain the region's wealth > c. to exhaust ... is drained 2. a. the act of draining b. a gradual outflow or withdrawal ; depletion 3. something that causes depletion ; burden ... n. 1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie ...
... a. the act or process of swelling b. (1) a gradual increase and decrease of the loudness of a musical sound ... Dictionary Swell Swell, n. 1. The act of swelling. 2. Gradual increase. Specifically: (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (b ... The swell and subsidence of his periods. --Landor. 3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain ... swells and billows of the snow. --Hawthorne. 5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo ...
... length. And Johnson justly observes, that it expresses an action gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquor quick, but we ... We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We write a letter with haste, but we draw ... to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we ... We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we ...
... act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also ... 700 most common words in English. 1. Development is the gradual growth or formation of something. ...an ideal system for studying ... folderol, fostering, fruit, furtherance, gain, gemmation, generation, genesis, germination, gimmick, gradual change, greatening, grooming, growth, gush, happening, harmonic close, harvest, heterogenesis ...
Growth definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GROWTH, n. The gradual increase of animal and vegetable bodies; the process of springing ... trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" 5: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture ... gr??i. See Grow.] 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development ... flop, flood, flowering, flux, fungosity, fungus, furtherance, gain, gemmation, germination, gradual change, greatening, gush, hassock, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, high growth ...