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gradu·ation (gra′jo̵̅o̅ ā′s̸hən)

noun

    1. a graduating or being graduated from a school or college
    2. the ceremony connected with this; commencement
    1. a marking of a flask, tube, gauge, etc. with a series of degrees for measuring
    2. one or all of the degrees marked; a degree or scale
  3. an arrangement or classification into grades according to amount, size, etc.

Etymology: ML graduatio < pp. of graduare: see graduate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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