Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Intermediate gradation.
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- noun a gradual
merging of two things
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Examples
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“Well, on the whole, it flooded me all kinds of interesting possibilities I am not so much interested in the philosophy of the book, as I am in weaving the thing in a certain way, in those intergradation and interweavings of certain themes and subthemes, for instance the systematic line of Mr. Quilty, whom Humbert will kill, does kill …”
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"Arthrophycus and other trace fossils in the Red Mountain Formation form a group related by interconnection, intergradation, similar dimensions, and morphologic similarities that, taken together, strongly suggest a common tracemaker." link
Geological Definition of the Day (#1) ReBecca Foster 2008
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“Well, on the whole, it flooded me all kinds of interesting possibilities I am not so much interested in the philosophy of the book, as I am in weaving the thing in a certain way, in those intergradation and interweavings of certain themes and subthemes, for instance the systematic line of Mr. Quilty, whom Humbert will kill, does kill …”
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"Arthrophycus and other trace fossils in the Red Mountain Formation form a group related by interconnection, intergradation, similar dimensions, and morphologic similarities that, taken together, strongly suggest a common tracemaker." link
Archive 2008-03-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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There may have been areas of natural intergradation between the two forms.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Also, during the many thousands of years when the Bear River flowed into Lake Bonneville, some mixing and intergradation almost certainly occurred between the “original” Bonneville cutthroat trout and the Bear River cutthroat trout.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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There may have been areas of natural intergradation between the two forms.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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West of the Ob River, the characteristics of char indicate intergradation between the subspecies erythrinus and alpinus.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Also, during the many thousands of years when the Bear River flowed into Lake Bonneville, some mixing and intergradation almost certainly occurred between the “original” Bonneville cutthroat trout and the Bear River cutthroat trout.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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West of the Ob River, the characteristics of char indicate intergradation between the subspecies erythrinus and alpinus.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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