| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| addition, gradual |
accretion
|
| gradual growth |
accrual
|
| gradual improvement or growth or development |
advancement
,
progress
|
| gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment |
alluvion
|
| reduction of debt or liability in gradual manner |
amortization
|
| gradual reduction of debt, liability |
amortization
|
| evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes |
anamorphism
,
anamorphosis
|
| gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' |
aphesis
|
| Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938) |
Bukharin
,
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin
|
| glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision |
chronic glaucoma
,
open-angle glaucoma
|
| rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control |
CJD
,
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
,
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
|
| gradual change in a trait |
cline
|
| gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics) |
continental drift
|
| illness, gradual return to health after |
convalescence
|
| gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury |
convalescence
,
recovery
,
recuperation
|
| noise, gradual increase in |
crescendo
|
| loudness, gradual increase in |
crescendo
|
| (music) a gradual increase in loudness |
crescendo
|
| sound, gradual increase in |
crescendo
|
| gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current |
decay
,
decline
|
