gradualness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gradualness
    n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
         [syn: {gradualness}, {gentleness}] [ant: {abruptness},
         {precipitousness}, {steepness}]
    2: the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual
       stages [syn: {graduality}, {gradualness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gradualness \Grad"u*al*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or
   gradation; slowness.
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         The gradualness of this movement.        --M. Arnold.
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         The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which
         strikes the simplest observer.           --H. Drummond.
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