gradation
I
noun
class, classification, continuity, continuum, course, degree, differential, grade, gradual advance, gradualism, graduation, hierarchy, intensity, measure, order, rank, rate, regular progression, sequence, step, succession, series, stage, standard, variation
II
index
array (order), chain (series), class, classification, degree (station), differential, distribution (arrangement), hierarchy (arrangement in a series), order (arrangement), sequence, step
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006