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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Graduated \Grad"u*a"ted\, a.
1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into
grades.
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2. (Zool.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer
feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.
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3. Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals,
permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material
contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in
laboratories for containing liquids. See {graduated
cylinder}, etc., below.
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{Graduated cylinder}, {Graduated flask}, {Graduated tube},
{Graduated bottle}, {Graduated cap}, {Graduated glass} a
vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its
sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the
contents at the several levels.
{Graduated spring} (Railroads), a combination of metallic and
rubber springs.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graduated}p. pr. &
vb. n. {Graduating}.] [Cf. F. graduer. See {Graduate}, n.,
{Grade}.]
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1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps,
grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a
scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
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2. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in
a college or university, to admit, at the close of the
course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as,
he was graduated at Yale College.
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3. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by
degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees
of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven.
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Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts.
--Browne.
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4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by
evaporation, as a fluid.
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{Graduating engine}, a dividing engine. See {Dividing}
engine, under {Dividing}.
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