gradation

But within that group there is a great deal of gradation—much of it tied to specific timelines within pregnancy.

Now, national possessions must be estimated by the same gradation that we have applied to individual possessions.

It is something of the shape of a mitre, and forms a beautiful gradation of ascent towards the summit of faade.

Why should we sacrifice this clear and useful gradation: unwell, very unwell, ill, very ill?

The merest glance at society round us shows an endless gradation of varied service.

You appear to imply that development and gradation in organs and functions are opposed to that conception, which they are not.