A decade ago, the British department-store chain John Lewis built itself a long warehouse, painted in gradations of sky blue.
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Gradation
/ɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "gradation" (116 found)
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ablautacoustic phoneticsarrayarticulationarticulatory phoneticsassortmentbankbetacismbuzzcategorizationcatenacatenationchainchain reactionchainingchangeconcatenationconnectionconsecutioncontinuity
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biological scale
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coursecullingcycledegreedescentdifferencedistinctiondivergencedroneendless beltendless roundfilefiliationflywheel effectgamutgradinggraduationgroupinghierarchyhum
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11 entriesablautart techniquedepositional characteristicmeasurementprocessquantificationrankscalesediment propertysequencevisual property
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6 entriescolor gradationgradation scalegraded bedgrain size distributiontone gradationwell graded sediment
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the several gradations of the intelligent universe
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Two distinct types of lupus erythematosus are recognized: [1] chronic or discoid, which is essentially a skin lesion, and [2] severe systemic, designated as acute. Between the two types are many gradations to which the term subacute has been applied.
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