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  1. gradationsnoun

    Calibration markings.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gradations in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gradations in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of gradations in a Sentence

  1. Nigel Gould-Davies:

    Any contemporary warfare would be horrifying, but there are gradations to the horror.

  2. Lionel Trilling:

    A theory of the middle class: that it is not to be determined by its financial situation but rather by its relation to government. That is, one could shade down from an actual ruling or governing class to a class hopelessly out of relation to government, thinking of government as beyond its control, of itself as wholly controlled by government. Somewhere in between and In gradations is the group that has the sense that gov't exists for it, and shapes its consciousness accordingly.

  3. Herbert Spencer:

    All socialism involves slavery.... That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is -- How much is he compelled to labor for other benefit than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?

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