3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Graduated \Grad"u*a"ted\, a. 1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. [1913 Webster] 3. Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See {graduated cylinder}, etc., below. [PJC] {Graduated cylinder}, {Graduated flask}, {Graduated tube}, {Graduated bottle}, {Graduated cap}, {Graduated glass} a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. {Graduated spring} (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graduated}p. pr. & vb. n. {Graduating}.] [Cf. F. graduer. See {Graduate}, n., {Grade}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College. [1913 Webster] 3. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven. [1913 Webster] Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. --Browne. [1913 Webster] 4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. [1913 Webster] {Graduating engine}, a dividing engine. See {Dividing} engine, under {Dividing}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: graduated adj 1: increasing as the amount taxed increases [syn: {proportional}] 2: marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer" [syn: {calibrated}] 3: decreasing as the amount taxed increases 4: slowly and smoothly [syn: {gradational}, {gradatory}]
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