Found 4 items, similar to gradual.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: gradual
bertahap
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gradual
berangsur-angsur, graduil
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gradual
gradual
adj 1: proceeding in small stages;
“a gradual increase in prices”
[ant:
sudden]
2: of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt;
“a gradual
slope” [ant:
steep]
gradual
n : (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book
of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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Creatures animate with gradual life
Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.
--Milton.
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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.
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2. A series of steps. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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