Definition of Graduals. Meaning of Graduals. Synonyms of Graduals

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Definition of Graduals

Gradual
Gradual Grad"u*al, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Grail a gradual.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. 2. A series of steps. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Gradual
Gradual Grad"u*al"; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Gradual, n.] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. --Milton.

Meaning of Graduals from wikipedia

- Gregorian Graduals can be organized into musical families that share common musical phrases. Although nearly half of the Gregorian Graduals belong to...
- tenet ****uming that change comes about gradually or that variation is gradual in nature and happens over time as opposed to in large steps. Uniformitarianism...
- Phyletic gradualism is a model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow, uniform and gradual. When evolution occurs in this mode, it is...
- been and are other Graduals, apart from the Roman Gradual. For instance, the Dominican Order had its own rite of M**** and its own Gradual: "Graduale juxta...
- Gradual typing is a type system that lies in between static typing and in dynamic typing. Some variables and expressions may be given types and the correctness...
- of gradualness, the law of graduality or gradualism, is the notion that people improve their relationship with God and grow in the virtues gradually, and...
- ****uming administrative functions. Company-ruled areas in the region gradually expanded after the Battle of Pl****ey in 1757 and by 1858 most of modern...
- leidenschaftlich(er) (Ger.) (More) p****ionately lent (Fr.) Slow lentando Gradual slowing and softer lentissimo Very slow lento Slow liberamente Freely libero...
- family of Old Roman Graduals related to the Iustus ut palma family of Gregorian Graduals, which is named after one of the Gregorian Graduals that belongs to...
- code Democratic states blue and Republican states red; the ****ociation gradually emerged. Partly as a result of this eventual and near-universal color-coding...