gradation (n.)
- ablaut
- array
- articulation
- assortment
- bank
- buzz
- categorization
- catena
- catenation
- chain
- change
- concatenation
- connection
- continuity
- continuum
- course
- culling
- cycle
- degree
- descent
- difference
- distinction
- divergence
- drone
- file
- filiation
- gamut
- grading
- graduation
- grouping
- hierarchy
- hum
- line
- lineage
- modification
- monotone
- morphophonemics
- mutation
- nexus
- nuance
- orthoepy
- pendulum
- periodicity
- phonetics
- phonology
- place
- placement
- plenum
- progression
- queue
- range
- rank
- ranking
- recurrence
- reticulation
- rotation
- round
- routine
- row
- run
- scale
- screening
- selection
- sequence
- series
- shade
- shading
- sifting
- sorting
- spectrum
- string
- subordination
- succession
- swath
- taxonomy
- thread
- tier
- train
- triage
- umlaut
- variation
'T is the curse of service,
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to the first.
