different between graduated vs celesta

English

Verb

graduated

1. simple past tense and past participle of graduate

Adjective

graduated (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) In steps.
2. Having a university degree; having completed training.
3. Marked with graduations.
4. Arranged by grade, level, degree.
   • 1888, Joseph Stevens, A Parochial History of St. Mary Bourne, with an Account of the Manor of Hurstbourne Priors, Hants, London: Whiting and Co., p 17:

     The graduated slope of the Upper Test Valley on the east, and its more abrupt embankment on the west, under which the present stream tends to cling, point clearly to river action.

5. (taxation) Increasing in rate with the taxable base.
6. (ornithology) Of a tail, having successively longer feathers towards the middle.

Derived terms

• graduated cylinder

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• celeste

Etymology

From French célesta.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /s??l?st?/

Noun

celesta (plural celestas)

1. (music) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.

   Synonym: celeste

Derived terms

• celestist

Translations

Further reading

• celesta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Casteel, Escatel, Salcete, acelets

Dutch

Alternative forms

• celeste

Etymology

Borrowed from French célesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?e??l?s.ta?/, /se??l?s.ta?/
• Hyphenation: ce?les?ta

Noun

celesta f (plural celesta's)

1. celesta (musical pipe instrument)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?elest?/, [?t??e?le?s?t??]
• Syllabification: ce?les?ta

Noun

celesta

1. (music) celesta (instrument)

Declension

Italian

Noun

celesta f (plural celeste)

1. (music) celesta

   Synonym: tipofono

Portuguese

Noun

celesta f (plural celestas)

1. (music) celesta (an idiophone similar to a small piano)