Gradualness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gradualness \Grad"u*al*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or
     gradation; slowness.
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           The gradualness of this movement.        --M. Arnold.


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           The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which
           strikes the simplest observer.           --H. Drummond.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gradualness
       n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual [syn:
             {gentleness}] [ant: {abruptness}]
       2: the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual
          stages [syn: {graduality}]