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gradual

adj
/ˈɡɹadʒuəl//ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəl/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”).

  1. derived from *gʰradʰ-✻
  2. derived from gradus
  3. borrowed from graduālis

Definitions

  1. Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

    • a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline
    • Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.

  2. An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or…

    An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.

  3. A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at gradual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at gradual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at gradual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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