Arranged or organized in a series of small, connected steps or stages.
Past tense and participle form of 'gradate', meaning something that has been arranged with gradual progression.
In art and design, 'gradated' colors or tones are what make smooth blends possible—think of how digital displays create millions of colors from just gradated levels of red, green, and blue.
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