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gradus definition

gra·dus (grā′dəs)

noun

  1. a dictionary of prosody for help in writing Greek or Latin poetry
  2. a book of piano studies, études, etc. arranged in a progressive order of difficulty

Etymology: < L Gradus (ad Parnassum), lit., step (to Parnassus), title of a book on prosody

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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