different between graduation vs gradualism

English

Etymology

graduate +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???æd?u?e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ædju?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

graduation (countable and uncountable, plural graduations)

1. The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

2. A commencement ceremony.
3. (sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval.

   Synonym: scale

4. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Synonyms

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Translations

References

Anagrams

• argonautid

French

Noun

graduation f (plural graduations)

1. graduation sense #3 (A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval)
2. The process of creating such markings.
3. Encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality.

English

Etymology

gradual +? -ism

Noun

gradualism (countable and uncountable, plural gradualisms)

1. (biology) The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
2. (transferred sense) The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time.
3. (politics) The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings.

See also

• punctuationism
• saltationism