Meanings
adverbgradatively (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a gradative manner.
At the same time the cases in descending fall in temperature gradatively until the lowermost verge in coldness towards the chilling current when in its nascent state. Thus the two important principles of gradative heat, conduction and continuous operation, are effectively established.
1869, English Patents of Inventions, Specifications, page 5
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