gradual

1. n. Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Source: opted

2. n. An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. Source: opted

3. n. A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. Source: opted

4. n. A series of steps. Source: opted

5. adj. proceeding in small stages Source: wordnet

6. adj. (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt Source: wordnet

7. n. (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass Source: wordnet

8. Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as inascent or descent or from one state to another; regularlyprogressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradualdecline.Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, allsummed up in man. Milton. Source: adambom

9. j:100 n. (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass a. proceeding in small stages a. (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt Source: ecdict

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