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Graduate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduated (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Graduating ().] [Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.]
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1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
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2. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, “he was graduated at Yale College”.
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3. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, “to graduate the heat of an oven”.
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Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. Browne.
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4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
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Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing.
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Graduated (?), a.
1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.
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2. (Zool.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.
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3. Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See graduated cylinder, etc., below.
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Graduated cylinder, Graduated flask, Graduated tube, Graduated bottle, Graduated cap, Graduated glass a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.
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