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noun

1. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment: hue, shade, tinge, tint. See colors/colorless.
2. A slight variation between nearly identical entities: nuance, shade. See big/small/amount.

For a list of words related to gradation, see:

• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - gradation: arrangement in levels or stages; single level within such a series

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gradvis overgang, nuancering, afskygning, trindeling

Nederlands (Dutch)
gradatie, nuancering, ablaut

Français (French)
n. - (Art) gradations de couleurs, échelon, (Mes) graduation (sur une échelle)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abstufung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαβάθμιση, (δια)κλιμάκωση

Italiano (Italian)
gradazione, sfumatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gradação (f)

Русский (Russian)
градация

Español (Spanish)
n. - gradación, escalonamiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gradering, skala, gradvis övergång, avljud (språkv.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
逐渐的变化, 阶段, 程度, 阶段性变化, 层次

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 逐漸的變化, 階段, 程度, 階段性變化, 層次

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 점차적 변화, 농담법, 등급 매김, 모음 전화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 順序立て, 順序, 等級, 段階, 漸次移行, ぼかし, 濃淡法, 母音転換

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تدرج, تعاقب, تتابع, تسلسل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלב, מעבר בשלבים, שינוי הדרגתי, הדרגתיות, דירוג‬

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